Introduction.- PART I: HISTORY.- Reconstruction, Reconciliation and Integration, 1945-1957.- Uncertain Terrain, 1958-1972.- A Community in Flux, 1973-1984.- From European Community to European Union, 1985-1992.- The Emergent European Union, 1993-1999.- The Unsettled European Union, 2000-2010.- PART II: INSTITUTIONS.- The Commission.- The European Council and the Council of Ministers.- The European Parliament.- Interinstitutional Dynamics.- PART III: POLICIES.- Agriculture and Cohesion.- The Internal Market and Monetary Union.- Economic Performance: Growth and Jobs.- The Environment, Energy, and Climate Change.- Beyond the EU's Borders.- Internal and External Security.- EU-US Relations.