About the Author:
Paul Addison taught history at the University of Edinburgh from 1967 to 1996 and was Director of the Centre for Second World War Studies.
Review:
Few of the pages...go by without an eye-opening factoid to enlighten or a hitherto unheard anecdote to amuse. * Christopher Bray, The Independent on Sunday * A balanced, authoritative, deeply civilised survey. * David Kynaston, Financial Times * For someone new to postwar history, this offers one of the best single-volume accounts: clear, authoritative and wide-ranging. * Joe Moran, History Today * Addison's book is clear enough for a general reader, but also has enough meat for an academic audience. * Joe Moran, History Today * This is an outstanding and immenley readable book, light in touch, wide in breadth and with a clear case. * Robert Giddings, Tribune * For any student of Britain in the modern era this is, quite simply, a must-have book. * British Scholar website *
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