The United States Contested: American Unilateralism and European Discontent. Edited by Sergio Fabbrini. New York: Routledge, 2006. 224p. $120.00 cloth, $35.95 paper.

Why has anti-Americanism become a fact of life in Europe? How is this phenomenon related to the rise of neoconservatism in the United States? These are important questions, and this new volume, based on seminars held at the University of Trento in 2003 and 2004, provides—if not the definitive answer—certainly a richer understanding of transatlantic relations.