The untold story of how Winston Churchill and the Conservative Party envisioned Britain''s post-war futureWe think we know all there is to know about Britain''s Second World War. We don''t. 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, Blue Jerusalem reveals how Conservatives were every bit as imaginative and courageous as their Labour and left-wing opponents in their wartime plans for a post-war world.Bringing these alternative visions of Britain''s post-war future back to life, Blue Jerusalem restores politics to the centre of the story of Britain''s war. It demonstrates how everything from the weapons Britain fought with, to the theatres in which the fighting took place and the allies Britain chose were
