Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. One of Britain’s leading military historians, he has written over eighty books, including: Maps and Politics (Reaktion, 1996), Why Wars Happen (Reaktion, 1998), Britain since the Seventies (Reaktion, 2004), War since 1945 (Reaktion, 2004), Altered States: America since the Sixties (2004), all published by Reaktion.

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 MPThis is a fascinating and comprehensive overview of the thirty years which saw Britain&#39s position in the world transformed. - Kenneth Baker, The Rt Hon. Lord Baker of Dorking

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. One of Britain’s leading military historians, he has written over eighty books, including: Maps and Politics (Reaktion, 1996), Why Wars Happen (Reaktion, 1998), Britain since the Seventies (Reaktion, 2004), War since 1945 (Reaktion, 2004), Altered States: America since the Sixties (2004), all published by Reaktion.

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 MPThis is a fascinating and comprehensive overview of the thirty years which saw Britain&#39s position in the world transformed. - Kenneth Baker, The Rt Hon. Lord Baker of Dorking

Jeremy Black is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. One of Britain’s leading military historians, he has written over eighty books, including: Maps and Politics (Reaktion, 1996), Why Wars Happen (Reaktion, 1998), Britain since the Seventies (Reaktion, 2004), War since 1945 (Reaktion, 2004), Altered States: America since the Sixties (2004), all published by Reaktion.

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 MPThis is a fascinating and comprehensive overview of the thirty years which saw Britain&#39s position in the world transformed. - Kenneth Baker, The Rt Hon. Lord Baker of Dorking