Since its publication in 2003, The Great Deception has taken on the
role of the Eurosceptics' bible, with the third edition helping to
fuel the debate during the 2016 EU Referendum. This fourth edition
celebrates the moment when the UK broke away from the European
Union, having been extensively re-edited to incorporate newly
available archive material, and updated to include the tumultuous
events of recent years. The Great Deception, therefore, tells for
the first time the inside story of the most audacious political
project of modern times, from its intellectual beginnings in the
1920s, when the blueprint for the European Union was first
conceived by a British civil servant, right up to the point when
the UK resumes its path at as an independent sovereign nation after
47 years of membership of the European project in its various
guises. Drawing on a wealth of new evidence and existing sources,
scarcely an episode of the story does not emerge in startling new
light, from the real reasons why de Gaulle kept Britain out in the
1960s to the fall of Mrs Thatcher and the build-up to the
referendum campaign which had its roots in the Maastricht Treaty.
The book chillingly shows how Britain’s politicians were
consistently outplayed in a game the rules of which they never
understood. It ends by evaluating the post referendum negotiations
and asking whether this is the end of an episode or just a new
beginning.
General
Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Continuum
|
Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
August 2021 |
Authors: |
Christopher Booker
• Richard North
|
Dimensions: |
234 x 153 x 178mm (L x W x H) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
656 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-4729-8465-4 |
Categories: |
Books
|
LSN: |
1-4729-8465-X |
Barcode: |
9781472984654 |
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