Land of Shame and Glory
Britain 2021-22
Seiten
2023
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-913368-88-3 (ISBN)
Haus Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-913368-88-3 (ISBN)
Peter Hennessy charts the turbulent years of 2021 and 2022.
Peter Hennessy brings his deep political and historical understanding to this study of two of the most turbulent and disruptive years experienced by Britain in peacetime. As the protracted withdrawal from the EU and the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic dragged on, a series of unprecedented challenges - some global, some domestic - laid bare the fragility of Britain and the Union. Beginning with the chaotic Fall of Kabul, which exposed Britain's military dependence on the United States, through the protracted, unedifying removal of a prime minister - and the economically catastrophic, short-lived tenure of his successor - that further exposed the vulnerabilities of an unwritten constitution; to the country sweltering in record breaking temperatures amid dire warnings of climate catastrophe; and finally to the death of a much-loved monarch, a point of constancy during decades of tremendous social and technological change. In his final chapter, Hennessy considers the continuities and upheavals of the last seventy years, asking whether there can be said to have been a second 'Elizabethan Age', and lamenting that the post-war period came to its close amid such upheaval and loss.
Peter Hennessy brings his deep political and historical understanding to this study of two of the most turbulent and disruptive years experienced by Britain in peacetime. As the protracted withdrawal from the EU and the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic dragged on, a series of unprecedented challenges - some global, some domestic - laid bare the fragility of Britain and the Union. Beginning with the chaotic Fall of Kabul, which exposed Britain's military dependence on the United States, through the protracted, unedifying removal of a prime minister - and the economically catastrophic, short-lived tenure of his successor - that further exposed the vulnerabilities of an unwritten constitution; to the country sweltering in record breaking temperatures amid dire warnings of climate catastrophe; and finally to the death of a much-loved monarch, a point of constancy during decades of tremendous social and technological change. In his final chapter, Hennessy considers the continuities and upheavals of the last seventy years, asking whether there can be said to have been a second 'Elizabethan Age', and lamenting that the post-war period came to its close amid such upheaval and loss.
Peter Hennessy's award-winning works of contemporary history include Never Again: Britain 1945-51 (1992), Having it So Good: Britain in the Fifties (2006), and Winds of Change: Britain in the Early Sixties (2019).
Acknowledgements // x
Preface: Standards High and Low // xiii
Introduction: Taking the Pulse // 1
1. An Autumn of Discontent // 19
2. Who Belongs to Glasgow? // 49
3. Mr Johnson Helps The Police With Their Inquiries // 61
4. The Twenty-Four Steps // 107
5. Hustings Inside a Heat Dome // 141
6. Operation London Bridge // 167
Epilogue: Was There an Elizabethan Era? // 189
Postscript: There May Be Trouble Ahead // 199
Notes // 205
Picture Sources // 225
Index // 227
| Erscheinungsdatum | 04.11.2023 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Zeitgeschichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-913368-88-2 / 1913368882 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-913368-88-3 / 9781913368883 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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