The Politics of Pain: Postwar England and the Rise of Nationalism

By O'Toole, Fintan

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9781631496455
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Liveright: Norton


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Reviewed on October 25, 2019  |  Social Sciences

How did the UK end up in the mess that is Brexit? Political and cultural commentator O'Toole's analysis posits a mentality particular to England as the culprit—a mind-set addicted to the glories of empire and victory that also revels in stiff-upper-lip failures (the charge of the Light Brigade; the retreat from Dunkirk), while secretly longing for a foreign invasion to jolt the country into action. Absent a hostile force, immi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

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