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Introduction -- Bailoutistan -- They bend their tongues like their bows -- Treading water -- Raging against the dying of the light -- It begins -- Auspicious February -- The frenzy before the storm -- A moment to savour, darkly -- Unmasked -- Whittling our spring -- Merkel's spell -- The right stuff, foiled -- The cruellest month -- Countdown to perdition -- Adults in the room -- Lions led by donkeys -- Epilogue.

Varoufakis sparked one of the most spectacular and controversial battles in recent political history when, as finance minister of Greece, he attempted to re-negotiate his country's relationship with the EU. Despite the mass support of the Greek people and the simple logic of his arguments, he succeeded only in provoking the fury of Europe's political, financial and media elite. But the true story of what happened is almost entirely unknown - not least because so much of the EU's real business takes place behind closed doors. In this fearless account, Varoufakis reveals all: an extraordinary tale of brinkmanship, hypocrisy, collusion and betrayal that will shake the deep establishment to its foundations.As is now clear, the same policies that required the tragic and brutal suppression of Greece's democratic uprising have led directly to authoritarianism, populist revolt and instability throughout the Western world.Adults In The Room is an urgent wake-up call to renew European democracy before it is too late --