A nation at war
utting-edge multivolume histories of Britain in the Second World War are, it seems, like buses: you wait ages for one and then two turn up at the same time. As the other person recently to have undertaken the massive task that Alan Allport has started with – the first of a two-volume history of wartime Britain – I feel uniquely qualified to comment on his achievement in this book. It is remarkable. This is a well-written, insightful, beautifully constructed volume that will keep your attention with its art as well as its knowledge. If you are interested in Britain at war (and who gets a
