Ebook: The lure of greatness: England's Brexit & America's Trump
Author: European Union, Barnett Anthony
- Tags: Diplomatic relations, Politics and government, Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 2007-, United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017, Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- European Union countries, European Union countries -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain, European Union -- Great Britain, European Union -- Membership, European Union countries, Great Britain, United States
- Year: 2017
- Publisher: Unbound
- City: European Union countries;Great Britain;United States
- Language: English
- epub
'One of the most important political books of 2017.' Guardian
'The best book about Brexit so far . . . brilliantly caustic.' Irish Times
In 2016 two surprising explosions of popular contempt for the existing order drove Britain into Brexit and paved the way for Trump's presidency of the United States.
On both sides of the Atlantic, proud regimes with global pretensions were levelled by justifiable revolts. But in the name of self-government, Brexit and Trump will intensify the authoritarian traditions of their outdated political systems.
The Lure of Greatness is a blistering account of how and why this happened. The shadow of Iraq, the great financial crash, campaigns of poison and intrigue, the filleting of David Cameron with the cold fury of a Remain voter... these are just the start.
At the book's heart is the story of the institutional and constitutional implosion of the United Kingdom, the...