The Strange Death of Europe

Immigration, Identity, Islam

By: Douglas Murray

Narrated by: Robert Davies

Length: 12 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

The Strange Death of Europe is a highly personal account of a continent and culture caught in the act of suicide. Declining birth rates, mass immigration, and cultivated self-distrust and self-hatred have come together to make Europeans unable to argue for themselves and incapable of resisting their own comprehensive alteration as a society and an eventual end.

This is not just an analysis of demographic and political realities; it is also an eyewitness account of a continent in self-destruct mode. It includes accounts based on travels across the entire continent, from the places where migrants land to the places they end up, from the people who pretend they want them to the places which cannot accept them.

Murray takes a step back at each stage and looks at the bigger and deeper issues which lie behind a continent's possible demise, from an atmosphere of mass terror attacks to the steady erosion of our freedoms. The audiobook addresses the disappointing failure of multiculturalism, Angela Merkel's U-turn on migration, the lack of repatriation, and the Western fixation on guilt. Murray travels to Berlin, Paris, Scandinavia, Lampedusa, and Greece to uncover the malaise at the very heart of the European culture and to hear the stories of those who have arrived in Europe from far away.

This sharp and incisive audiobook ends up with two visions for a new Europe - one hopeful, one pessimistic - which paint a picture of Europe in crisis and offer a choice as to what, if anything, we can do next. But perhaps Spengler was right: 'civilizations, like humans, are born, briefly flourish, decay, and die'.

©2017 Douglas Murray (P)2017 Audible, Ltd

Critic reviews

"This is a vitally important book, the contents of which should be known to everyone who can influence the course of events, at this critical time in the history of Europe." (Sir Roger Scruton)

The most important story ever to be ignored.

Should be carved into granite so that the future peoples that come back to enlightenment thousands of years after the coming dark ages have a tool to guide their way.

A very interesting read

Douglas Murray is both a great orator and writer. I very much enjoyed this book even though I don't agree with him on all points (which actually makes it even better).

The only knock against the audiobook I have is the way that the narrator adopts an e.g. German accent to signal that the quotes he's reading is made by someone of that particular nationality. Effing annoying and distracting. Otherwise great narration, but a big time slap on the face for that bit of unnecessary artistic interpretation.

Essential history to learn

Murray paints a clear picture of the hard choices Europe has, helping people that are worse off and helping their own people. Fascinating and makes the news from Europe all make more sense. Tough choices ahead for Europe.

Superb warning (obituary?)

This excellent volume covers the history behind the mass immigration to Europe (covering numerous countries such as Britain, France, Germany and others). It covers the disturbing facts on the ground as well as the cultural elite reactions in politics and art. It also tries to deal with demographic, social, philosophical and religious implications. The reader is also excellent. I cannot recommend this book enough!

Left a lump in my throat.

I really enjoyed this book, however it left me feeling so heartbroken for the European people. So many Europeans still want the story to go on and believe in their history and culture. I can feel the sorrow and anger so many must be going through. Just utterly betrayed by their politicians, media and even fellow ordinary citizens. It truly is enough to make me vomit at how easily the term racist is thrown out by the European politicians and media at their own people. Ordinary people who suffered catastrophic loss with the sacrifices made in WW2 only to be called disgusting epithets by their own "leaders" and media. God speed Europe, may our Lord still have favor, grace and mercy in your future.
A sorrowful American

Excellent

This was an excellent and nuanced look at some of the more challenging conversations surrounding European migration. This book also addressed these issues while also taking into account the real suffering of the migrants and successfully walked the tightrope between acknowledging that we shoulf help but asking the questions of how and how much is too much. I would highly recommend this book to anyone interested in this topic. It is well researched and well informed and also introduced me to a great deal of other works relevant to the topic through the numerous works cited as references.

The USA Is Next

This book provides a compelling preview of what's in store for the USA if the Biden Administration's Open Border Policy is permitted to continue into 2022 and beyond.

Unsettling at best.

terrifying is more like it. articulate and informed author explains a problem that is in need of immediate solution.

excellent read

This Douglas Murray is very insightful. I'm glad someone is willing to tell the truth.

A warning against what Leftism and Islamism brings

“Everything the Left touches, it ruins,” - Dennis Prager.

The destructive force of the Left continues to wreak havoc across Europe. What the National Socialist aka Nazi party, a Leftwing organization, wrought upon Europe, the specters of that guilt continue to destroy it.

Thank God Eastern Europe does not hold the same guilt-trip mentality as their western counterparts. That side will remain European while Western Europe will turn into a utopian nightmare.

Mass importation of unassimilated people from the Islamic world has failed Europe. The same Europeans who support antisemitism and LGBT freedoms have let in people with adamant hatred for those two groups.

There is nothing compassionate about promising an economic refugee, as most of them are, a job cleaning toilets. It’s also not compassionate when that said “refugee” joins ISIS and mows down a crowd of people paying his welfare check.

Edmund Burke is quoted in this book, and he said, “The culture and society aren’t things run for the convenience of the people here now, but a deep pact between the dead, the living, and those yet to be born.”

We must fight to honor our past, present, and future and not let the Left or Islam destroy all of it.