- Hardcover: 330 pages
- Publisher: Encounter Books,USA; New edition edition (10 Dec 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 189355418X
- ISBN-13: 978-1893554184
- Product Dimensions: 23.7 x 16.2 x 3.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 287,261 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Prominent English social critic Peter Hitchens writes of the period between the death of Winston Churchill and the funeral of Princess Diana, a time he believes has seen disastrous changes in English life. "The Abolition of Britain" is bitingly witty and fiercely argued, yet also filled with somber appreciation for what the idea of England has always meant to the West and to the world.
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47 of 53 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Hitchens is always a good, if controversial read. His opinions are well founded and often well researched. This book tells you why UK society has been broken, why it might never recover and who did it. The devastation that has been waged while the UK has slept is truly shattering. I dont always agree with Hitchens and his opinions, but here he is dealing with hard edged fact. Fact that will enrage you and by the end of book will make you wonder what you have to do to change the social re engineering that the UK has suffered at the hands of the do gooders who have not always fully understood the ramifications of their handiwork. Hitchens covers everything from the Church of England to Law. Hitchens will admit that this book is out of date by 10 years as Blair was just coming to power as he closes the book. We all know what Blair has done to England since then. The vacuum created allows a much worse enemy to creep into our society. For American readers this book is s dire warning of what they must fight in their own society. Time to emigrate!
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
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This is the first work by Hitchens I have read, but far from the first on the subject. The book is well laid out and the first chapter, his analysis in the differences between Churchill and Lady Dianas funerals is fantastic, it almost makes you ashamed to live in modern Britain and to not have stood up and said something at the time!
Possibly slightly in need of updating, despite being the new version, hence the four stars; but then how often can you realistically update a book on a society that is experiencing such a rapidly accelerating downward spiral?
It demonstrates well why the things that people generally dismiss as small, irrelevant and picky are so crucially important to the overall degradation of our society and way of life. A recommended read, to be taken heed of before we end up as a state of Europe without a say in our matters and viewed by the world as a corrupt banana republic.
Possibly slightly in need of updating, despite being the new version, hence the four stars; but then how often can you realistically update a book on a society that is experiencing such a rapidly accelerating downward spiral?
It demonstrates well why the things that people generally dismiss as small, irrelevant and picky are so crucially important to the overall degradation of our society and way of life. A recommended read, to be taken heed of before we end up as a state of Europe without a say in our matters and viewed by the world as a corrupt banana republic.
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another excellent book by Peter Hitchens. As usual he hits the nail on the head, even though it charts the downward spiral of the state of Britain, from the 1960''s onwards. It's a very informative book for anyone interested in the state Britain is in now.
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A sorry state of affairs.
The Abolition of Britain contains no lament for "the good old days", no "things aren't what they used to be" prose. Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. D. Aspinall
Wow, amazing analyses into the decline of Britain
This book is simply a must read for everyone. I couldn't leave this book down until I finished it. Do yourself and the country a favour and buy it!
Published 22 months ago by Mr. T. Murphy
Worthy, but dull.
I was rather disappointed with this book from Peter Hitchens; who is normally such an erudite and interesting author. Read more
Published on 21 Jun 2009 by Mr. Np Chambers
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