The Winds of Change by Peter Hennessy review – resonant history of the early 1960s
almost 6 years in The guardian
Peter Hennessy’s insightful account of the Harold Macmillan era is told with brio
At the beginning of 1961 a Conservative prime minister, an Old Etonian, was trying to convince his party and his country of the merits of a radical “Grand Design” that would change for ever Britain’s relations with its closest neighbours in Europe. Harold Macmillan, a veteran of the Somme, was troubled by the economic rise of the six EEC nations, led by France and Germany.
He knew that their union, ratified by the recent Treaty of Rome, would inevitably diminish Britain’s already declining influence in an uncertain world dominated by the cold war powers of the Soviet Union and the United States. Continue reading...
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