Between the disintegration of the Liberal Party in 1915 and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour in 1964, Britain weathered a turbulent half-century including two world wars and many profound socio-political changes. What did not survive this tumult was Britain's sea-based Empire, as the great land-based USA and USSR now assumed dominance. With customary wit, scholarship and wisdom Robert Blake guides the reader through Britain's slow decline from the world's premier power to a nation with no military commitments East of Suez: still important, wishing to see itself as 'a cut above the rest', but now effectively no better than third-ranking.
' T]he most successful sections are] the four brilliant chapters on the Second World War... But it is not only for these that "The Decline of Power "should be read. It is a fair-minded book... fluently, even racily written...' Peter Pulzer, "London Review of Books"
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Between the disintegration of the Liberal Party in 1915 and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour in 1964, Britain weathered a turbulent half-century including two world wars and many profound socio-political changes. What did not survive this tumult was Britain's sea-based Empire, as the great land-based USA and USSR now assumed dominance. With customary wit, scholarship and wisdom Robert Blake guides the reader through Britain's slow decline from the world's premier power to a nation with no military commitments East of Suez: still important, wishing to see itself as 'a cut above the rest', but now effectively no better than third-ranking.
' T]he most successful sections are] the four brilliant chapters on the Second World War... But it is not only for these that "The Decline of Power "should be read. It is a fair-minded book... fluently, even racily written...' Peter Pulzer, "London Review of Books"
Imprint | Faber and Faber |
Country of origin | United Kingdom |
Release date | 2013 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days |
First published | 2013 |
Authors | Robert Blake |
Dimensions | 198 x 126 x 35mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback - Trade |
Pages | 480 |
Edition | Main |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-571-29626-2 |
Barcode | 9780571296262 |
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LSN | 0-571-29626-2 |