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].
Subjects:	Great Britain > History. Great Britain > Foreign relations > European Union countries. European Union countries > Foreign relations > Great Britain.

Table of Contents:

Preface: why this book?
1. Set in a silver sea
2. Joining 'Europe'
3. Second thoughts
4. Divisions and identities. Who voted and why?; Explaining 'leave'; Explaining 'Remain'; Economic worries and 'Project Fear'; Narratives of leave and remain; Culture wars?
5. Stopping Brexit
almost
6. COVID and after
Conclusion: 'Not in our stars'.