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The Churchill Complex: The Curse of Being Special, from Winston and FDR to Trump and Brexit
Bottom of the pile
9
/100
I Index Overall Rating
Readers
14/100Critics
4/100Scholars
Author:
Ian Buruma
Publisher:
Penguin Press
Date:
September 1, 2020
A journey through the "special relationship" between England and America which has done so much to shape the world, from World War 2 to Brexit, through the lens of the fateful bonds between President and Prime Minister.
What The Reviewers Say
... brisk but thorough.
Buruma’s account perhaps unintentionally demonstrates that permanently yoking Britain’s global role to America’s has unnecessarily made permanent Britain’s subservient wartime relationship to the United States. More explicitly, Buruma maintains that London’s ongoing attachment to the special relationship has thwarted Britain from pursuing what he sees as its 'proper' international role.
... a very familiar, not to say tired, argument.
Fans of Buruma’s works, political analysis, and Churchill’s legacy will find much to discover here..
