Blue Jerusalem
Kit Kowol
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From the publisher
This 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. From proposals for world government to a more united Empire via dreams of a new Christian elite and a move back to the land, it reveals how Conservatives were every bit as imaginative and courageous as their Labour and left-wing opponents.
Bringing these alternative visions of Britain’s post-war future back to life, this book restores politics to the centre of the story of Britain’s war. It demonstrates how everything from the weapons Britain fought with to 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.
Rejecting notions of a ‘People’s War’ that continue to cloud how we think of the Second World War, it explores how Conservatives used their control of the home and battle fronts to fight a deeply Conservative war and build the martial, imperial, and Christian nation many had long dreamed of. A study of political thinking as well as political manoeuvre, it goes beyond an examination of the usual suspects—Winston Churchill, Neville Chamberlain, etc.—to reveal a hitherto lost world of British Conservatism and a set of forgotten futures that continue to shape our world.