Blue Jerusalem

• Verfasst von: Kowol, Kit [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: Blue Jerusalem
• Titelzusatz: British conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World War
• Verf.angabe: Kit Kowol
• Verlagsort: Oxford, United Kingdom
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• E-Jahr: 2024
• Jahr: [2024]
• Umfang: xvi, 336 Seiten
• ISBN: 978-0-19-886849-1
• Schlagwörter: (k)British Conservative and Unionist Party / (s)Zweiter Weltkrieg / (z)Geschichte
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: NQ 3220
• Sach-SW: Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 - Aspect politique - Grande-Bretagne
• Sach-SW: Politique publique - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 20e siècle
• Sach-SW: Conservatisme - Grande-Bretagne - Histoire - 20e siècle
• Geograph. SW: Grande-Bretagne - Politique et gouvernement - 1936-1945
• Geograph. SW: Grande-Bretagne - Politique et gouvernement - 1945-
• K10plus-PPN: 1883132126

Abstract

We think we know all there is to know about Britain's Second World War. We don't. This radical re-interpretation of British history and British Conservatism between 1939 and 1945 reveals the bold, at times utopian, plans British Conservatives drew up for Britain and the post-war world. From proposals for world government to a more united Empire via dreams of a new Christian elite and a move back-to-the-land, 'Blue Jerusalem' reveals how Conservatives were every bit as imaginative and courageous as their Labour and left-wing opponents in their wartime plans for a post-war world. Bringing these alternative visions of Britain's post-war future back to life, this book restores politics to the centre of the story of Britain's war