Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Abbreviations ix
4. Introduction 1
5. 1 Home and Away in the Second World War 21
6. 2 The People’s Peace 49
7. 3 Never Had It So Good? 71
8. 4 Losing an Empire 92
9. 5 No Dogs, No Blacks, No Irish 123
10. 6 Britain’s Troubled Conscience 158
11. 7 From Cool Britannia to Brexit Britain 196
12. Conclusion 239
13. A Note on Sources 259
14. Notes 267
15. Acknowledgments 299
16. Index 301