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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 Britis

Britain Alone

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 20 January 2022
      ISBN-13 9780571341788
      978-0571341788
      ISBN-10 0571341780
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      History European history: medieval period, middle ages General and world history

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      NEW AND UPDATED EDITION

      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 Britis

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