This sovereign isle : Britain in and out of Europe /

Shows that the decision to leave the European Union is historically explicable, though not made historically inevitable, by Britain's very different historical experience, especially in the twentieth century, and because of our more extensive and deeper ties outside Europe.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tombs, Robert (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, [2021].
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