摘要:Parliamentary Book Shelf David Long An Assembly for Europe: The Council of Europe's Parliamentary Assembly, 1948-1989 This book by a former Secretary General tells the story of the origins and growth of the first pan- European assembly of parliamentarians. It is a book for popular consumption, a book for the uninitiated. As a Council of Europe publication, it takes an over(t)ly rosy view of the institutions development and present status. Though billed as a book about the assembly, it actually focuses a lot on the Council of Europe as a whole as well as events in Europe more generally. The author also cannot forebear from numerous references to the post-Cold War era, despite the stated intention for there to be a second volume considering this period.