Description: Greatness and Decline sheds new light on Britain's interactions with the rest of the world while demonstrating new possibilities for constructivist foreign policy analysis. Arguing that Britain's search for greatness in world affairs was, and still is, a matter of habit, Srdjan Vucetic takes a closer look at the period between Clement Attlee's "New Jerusalem" and Tony Blair's New Labour.
Brief description: Srdjan Vucetic is professor of international affairs at the University of Ottawa.
Review Quotes: "Greatness and Decline provides an insightful look into how domestic cultural struggles and national identity have concrete consequences for foreign policy. If one looks at today's political debates in London, one would hardly be able to dismiss the thrust of Vucetic's argument about the importance of national identity and how it operates." Cambridge Review of International Affairs