The Abolition of Britain: The British Cultural Revolution from Lady Chatterley to Tony BlairAs vast and radical constitutional change follows decades of moral and cultural reform, Hitchens examines the many changes of this slow motion coup d'etat and asks if Britain can be saved from demolition. |
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