Allport's book reviewed in Wall Street Journal, makes The Times best history book list

December 1, 2020

The Times,The Wall Street Journal

Allport Britain at Bay Associate Professor of History Alan Allport's new book, "Britain at Bay: The Epic Story of the Second World War: 1938-1941," was recently reviewed in the Wall Street Journal. "Britain at Bay"...might be the single best examination of British politics, society and strategy in these four years that has ever been written," says Paul Kennedy. "I put my copy down with deep satisfaction. History writing, and historical scholarship, sometimes seems as fine as ever it was." Allport's book also made The Times' list of the best history books of 2020. 12/01/20