Europe is in deep strategic trouble. Neither can it find peace with the U.S. as a partner, nor lasting prosperity without Russian resources and the Chinese market. This is the analysis of Ulrike Guérot and Hauke Ritz in their new book Endspiel Europa (Endgame Europe). According to them, the Russian-Ukrainian war would be a long-prepared American proxy war to secure the consolidation of American dominance in Europe through a policy of restricted damage. It is a perfect analysis and most likely the truth.