It was in 1940 that the then Prime Minister of the United Kingdom noted that Britain and the United States would have to be “somewhat mixed up together in some of their affairs for mutual and general advantage.” This situation persisted until the book's publication in the 1960s. Yet, despite the closeness of co-operation in the intervening years, there is among Americans a surprising lack of knowledge about modern Britain. This book is an effort to provide a picture of that country—"warts and all.” Such a book must perforce be uneven. There are areas of British life—the attitude toward religion is one—that has not been touched. The author hopes that the reader will find here some idea of what has been going on in Britain since 1945 and what is going on there today.
