343 pages
English language
Published Feb. 28, 2017 by Bloomsbury Continuum, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
This book is not only an analysis of demographic and political realities in Europe, but also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes reporting from across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who appear to welcome them in to the places which cannot accept them.
It could've been properly processed immigration with quotas, and planning everything decades ahead, including integration plan. What happened instead was uncontrolled migration with no plan, no data and millions of unknown people running around across borders without papers. Murray's book brings these issues into clear focus.
"As ever, amid the endless celebrations of diversity, the greatest irony of all remains that the one thing people cannot bring themselves to celebrate is the culture that encouraged such diversity in the first place."
Douglas Murray addresses Europe's delicate and complex phenomenon with articulate analysis. Well written and thoroughly researched, it’s just as sharp as his public debates and discussions. As an uninformed non-European, it was interesting to learn more about the political events along Europe's timeline, such as “...in 2014 the then British Home Secretary, Theresa May, did what every politician was doing, which was to stress the peacefulness of Islam and to quote some of her favourite verses from the Koran.”
It seems that instead of providing his personal take on what should be done, Murray focuses on bringing everything relevant to light, pointing out public absurdities, conflicting actions and policies, and reporting directly from migrants along …
"As ever, amid the endless celebrations of diversity, the greatest irony of all remains that the one thing people cannot bring themselves to celebrate is the culture that encouraged such diversity in the first place."
Douglas Murray addresses Europe's delicate and complex phenomenon with articulate analysis. Well written and thoroughly researched, it’s just as sharp as his public debates and discussions. As an uninformed non-European, it was interesting to learn more about the political events along Europe's timeline, such as “...in 2014 the then British Home Secretary, Theresa May, did what every politician was doing, which was to stress the peacefulness of Islam and to quote some of her favourite verses from the Koran.”
It seems that instead of providing his personal take on what should be done, Murray focuses on bringing everything relevant to light, pointing out public absurdities, conflicting actions and policies, and reporting directly from migrants along their journey.
"To be on the side of the incomers was to be on the side of the angels. To speak for the people of Europe was to be on the side of the devil."
"As with the generosity and benevolence throughout the crisis, it was easy to expect others to be benevolent on your own behalf once you had signaled that you were on the side of the earth’s poor and oppressed. The consequences of your benevolence could be left to others."
