Peter Morgan read history at Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Thirty years as an IBM executive included eight years' residence in Paris while assigned to the headquarters of IBM Europe. During a five year appointment as Director General of the Institute of Directors he was involved in the public policy issues relating to the introduction of the Single Market and the preparation for the Maastricht Treaty and the battles over ERM, EMU, the Social Charter and working time. After the IoD he was for eight years a UK delegate to the Brussels-based European Economic and Social Committee which was deeply involved in the development of the EU and its powers, for which he was awarded an MBE in 2003. He has first-hand knowledge of Europe and the EU. He wrote this book to share his insights with a wider audience because Britain's European dilemma has such profound consequences.