Description
Book SynopsisExamines the stories told by a broad cross-section of British society about their country's past, present, and future role in war, using in-depth interviews with 67 diverse citizens. It brings to the fore the voices of ordinary people in ways typically absent in public opinion research.
Trade Review“Tom Colley presents a fascinating analysis of how members of the British public understand their country’s security and defense policy, with a particular focus on their narratives of past, present, and future wars. The author provides a valuable contribution to work in this field by outlining how ordinary UK citizens narrate their understanding of military intervention.”- Alister Miskimmon, Queen’s University Belfast;
“This is a work for both a scholarly and practitioner audiences. For the former, those doing work on foreign policy analysis, security studies, IR theory, emotions, public opinion, and other issue areas will find this of interest. For the latter, the narratives themselves should be useful for understanding the ‘populist’ moment as well as for anyone interested in how people translate elite narratives to their everyday lives.”- Brent Steele, University of Utah
