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The optimistic vision of a 鈥淓urope whole and free鈥� after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 has given way to disillusionment, bitterness, and renewed hostility between Russia and the West. In聽No Place for Russia, William H. Hill traces the development of the post鈥揅old War European security order to explain today鈥檚 tensions, showing how attempts to integrate Russia into a unified Euro-Atlantic security order were gradually overshadowed by the domination of NATO and the EU鈥昦t Russia鈥檚 expense.

Hill argues that the redivision of Europe has been largely unintended and not the result of any single decision or action. Instead, the current situation is the cumulative result of many decisions鈥時easonably made at the time鈥晅hat gradually produced the current security architecture and led to mutual mistrust. Hill analyzes the United States鈥� decision to remain in Europe after the Cold War, the emergence of Germany as a major power on the continent, and the transformation of Russia into a nation-state, placing major weight on NATO鈥檚 evolution from an alliance dedicated primarily to static collective territorial defense into a security organization with global ambitions and capabilities. Closing with Russia鈥檚 annexation of Crimea and war in eastern Ukraine,聽No Place for Russia聽argues that the post鈥揅old War security order in Europe has been irrevocably shattered, to be replaced by a new and as-yet-undefined order.