{"product_id":"the-decline-of-power-19151964-9780571296262","title":"The Decline of Power, 19151964","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Blake\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the disintegration of the Liberal Party in 1915 and the election of Harold Wilson's Labour in 1964, Britain weathered a turbulent half-century including two world wars and many profound socio-political changes. What did not survive this tumult was Britain's sea-based Empire, as the great land-based USA and USSR now assumed dominance. With customary wit, scholarship and wisdom Robert Blake guides the reader through Britain's slow decline from the world's premier power to a nation with no military commitments East of Suez: still important, wishing to see itself as 'a cut above the rest', but now effectively no better than third-ranking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e ' T]he most successful sections  are] the four brilliant chapters on the Second World War... But it is not only for these that \"The Decline of Power \"should be read. It is a fair-minded book... fluently, even racily written...' Peter Pulzer, \"London Review of Books\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47780699963543,"sku":"9780571296262","price":2922.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780571296262.webp?v=1778047383","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-decline-of-power-19151964-9780571296262","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}