Publisher's Synopsis
In this short but powerful book, Stephen Green argues that it is time to acknowledge that underlying all the sound and fury of the Brexit debate were fundamental questions-whether or not fully recognized-about British identity. Are the British different, special, and capable of finding their own way in the world? Who are they, those who call themselves British? Is it all too easy to blame Brexit on post-industrial decline in the traditional heartlands of the Labor Party, or scaremongering by a band of deluded "Little Englanders"? Or is British identity more complex, deep-rooted-and perhaps, in some sense, troubling-than those of other European nations?