The American Conservative
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Simon Heffer's new book, Sing As We Go : Britain Between the Wars, is a worthy successor to A.J.P. Taylor ’s magisterial treatment.
Heffer outlines how England emerged from the First World War to confront novel challenges.
The dominant political figures in the postwar period for Heffer were Stanley Baldwin and Neville Chamberlain .
Heffer ’s study of Britain in the interwar years will become the standard interpretation of the era for a long time.
Heffer admires Gracie Fields as another unifying figure, especially for the working classes.
The author's treatment of the appeasement crisis, which ended with the betrayal of Czechoslovakia , follows traditional lines.
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