The Rise and Fall of the British Nation: A Twentieth-Century History

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Timely jolt to a deluded 'Bullshit Britain'. David Edgerton fillets national delusion and historical amnesia ... of a country that knows so little of its own history. -- Chris Kissane * Irish Times *

Main articles: Dominions, Canadian Confederation, Federation of Australia, Irish Home Rule movement, and Independence of New Zealand A British Empire flag combining the arms of the dominions to represent their growing significance

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