A Banksy mural that appeared in Dover, across the English Channel from France, ahead of England’s departure from the E.U., in 2020.

What Happens in Europe Doesn’t Stay in Europe

By Clifford Krauss

Remaking the World: European Distinctiveness and the Transformation of Politics, Culture, and the Economy by Jerrold Seigel

“No issue in world history looms larger than coming to terms with the roles Europe has played in it.”

The historian Jerrold Seigel makes this claim in his sweeping new book. It may be debatable, but the assertion has particular resonance today, with Volodymyr Zelensky’s refusal to surrender to either Vladimir Putin or Donald Trump. As the leaders of both superpowers warn of nuclear war, the fallout from the bloodbath in Ukraine is likely to reverberate for years and demonstrate once again that what happens in Europe doesn’t stay in Europe.