Selected as a Politics ‘Book of the Year’ by the Financial Times

Change in the US and clear intent from the Kremlin have set Europe scrambling to rebuild its defences. But will it be enough, and can it be in time? In this urgent, vital book, Keir Giles lays out the stark choices facing leaders and societies as they confront the return of war in Europe.

‘Keir Giles has been warning us for many years of Russia’s determination to re-arm, remilitarise and rebuild an empire. Now he offers a stark warning for Europe and the world: the only alternative to planning for a war is planning to lose it.’ — Anne Applebaum, author of Autocracy, Inc: The Dictators Who Want to Run the World

Read a long feature about the book from the Financial Times