Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction 1
Could do better 1
1 Pride: Churchill's Vision 7
Allies and influence: Churchill's three circles 8
Narrower still and narrower: The British dilemma 9
Forging the three circles: The road to Suez 13
Decline and fall: Suez, 1956 28
End of the three circles? 29
2 Prejudice: From Macmillan to Cameron 31
Forgetting the three circles: The road to 'In' 32
Churchill revisited: A new vision for Britain's relationship with Europe, the US and the Commonwealth 38
Smart power 40
The Bruges vision 50
The continental vision 52
The Blair vision 56
Decline and fall: Brexit 2016 60
3 Power: What Next? 65
The end of the beginning for Britain 66
The beginning of the end for the EU? 71
Britain, Europe and the world 73
The prize 75
A Smart Brexit 'grand strategy' 78
The grand strategy of a united Europe: the Councils of Europe 80
The three pillars 84
Prosperity in action 95
Conclusion 102
Notes 107
Index 115