{"product_id":"blue-jerusalem-kit-kowol-9780198868491","title":"Blue Jerusalem: British Conservatism, Winston Churchill, and the Second World War","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eThe untold story of how Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party envisioned Britain's post-war future\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe think we know all there is to know about Britain's Second World War. We don't. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis radical re-interpretation of British history and British Conservatism between 1939 and 1945 reveals the bold, at times utopian, plans British Conservatives drew up for Britain and the post-war world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom proposals for world government to a more united Empire via dreams of a new Christian elite and a move back-to-the-land, \u003cem\u003eBlue Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e reveals how Conservatives were every bit as imaginative and courageous as their Labour and left-wing opponents in their wartime plans for a post-war world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBringing these alternative visions of Britain's post-war future back to life, \u003cem\u003e Blue Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e restores politics to the centre of the story of Britain's war. It demonstrates how everything from the weapons Britain fought with, to the theatres in which the fighting took place and the allies Britain chose were the product of political decisions about the different futures Conservatives wanted to make. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRejecting notions of a 'people's war' that continue to cloud how we think of World War II, it explores how the Tories used their control of the home and battle front to fight a deeply Conservative war and build the martial, imperial, and Christian nation of which many of a conservative disposition had long dreamed. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA study of political thinking as well as political manoeuvre, \u003cem\u003eBlue Jerusalem\u003c\/em\u003e goes beyond an examination of the usual suspects - such as Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain - to reveal a hitherto lost world of British Conservativism and a set of forgotten futures that continue to shape our world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kit Kowol\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0198868499\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198868491\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/12\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 352\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.34h x 6.39w x 0.95d","brand":"Kit Kowol","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46217137783039,"sku":"9780198868491","price":38.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2aa3640f-fa5b-4010-980f-25901ef6f65d.jpg?v=1728514392","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blue-jerusalem-kit-kowol-9780198868491","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}