David Reynolds 
Britannia Overruled 
British Policy and World Power in the Twentieth Century

This book brings together the often separated histories of diplomacy, defence, economics and empire in a provocative reinterpretation of British “decline“. It also offers a broader reflection on the nature of international power and the mechanisms of policymaking. For this Second Edition, David Reynolds has added a new chapters and extends his lively and incisive analysis to the beginning of the new millennium.