Britain Alone
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Britain Alone

The Path from Suez to Brexit

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Britain Alone

The Path from Suez to Brexit

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A magisterial and profoundly perceptive survey of Britain's post-war role on the global stage, from Suez to Brexit.

'The fullest long-run political and diplomatic narrative yet of Britain's fateful, tragi-comic road to Brexit.'
DAVID KYNASTON

'An instant classic . . . Stephens is a master of historical codebreaking.'
PETER HENNESSEY

Award-winning Financial Times journalist Philip Stephens paints a fascinating portrait of sixty years - from Suez to Brexit - as Britain struggles to reconcile its waning power with its past glory. Drawing on decades of personal contact and interviews with senior politicians and diplomats in Britain, the United States and across the capitals of Europe, Britain Alone is a magisterial and deeply perceptive history of our nation and how we arrived at the state we are in.

'Commanding . . . Rarely if ever, in the history of the British state since 1707, has one half of Britain's ruling elite committed an act of policy viewed with such absolute contempt by the other half; and rarely has that contempt been expressed with such elegance, such fluency, and such a devastating wealth of supporting detail, as in this mighty survey.' SCOTSMAN

'Profoundly knowledgeable.' CHRIS PATTEN
'Compelling.' LAWRENCE FREEDMAN
'A fascinating history.' IRISH TIMES
'A magnificent, exhilarating book' PROSPECT

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
Year
2021
eBook ISBN
9780571341795
Edition
0

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Landing Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Epigraph
  6. Contents
  7. List of Illustrations
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. Prologue
  10. 1: Broken Dreams
  11. 2: Greeks and Romans
  12. 3: A Thousand Years of History
  13. 4: A Very British Bomb
  14. 5: Power and the Pound
  15. 6: Missed Chances
  16. 7: Cold Warrior
  17. 8: The Road to Bruges
  18. 9: The Bastards
  19. 10: Back to the Desert
  20. 11: Fog in the Channel
  21. 12: Alone
  22. Afterword: The Search Resumes
  23. Select Bibliography
  24. Index
  25. Illustrations
  26. About the Author
  27. By the Same Author
  28. Copyright