About the Author

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of many books, including Maps and Politics (Reaktion Books, 1997) and Why Wars Happen (Reaktion Books, 1998).

Reviews

Jeremy Black has done it again: elegant, lucid and compellingly interesting ... For anyone interested in our current predicament, this book is a must -- Rt Hon. Oliver Letwin MP This is a fascinating and comprehensive overview of the thirty years which saw Britain's position in the world transformed -- Kenneth Baker, The Rt Hon. Lord Baker of Dorking