Political journalist Philip Stephens provides an interpretative history of Britain's domestic politics and international relationships, from the Suez Crisis to Britain's formal exit from the European Union.

From the moment prime minister Anthony Eden lost control of Egypt's Suez Canal in 1956, Britain's imperial power became a specter that has haunted it ever since.

Britain Alone: The Path from Suez to Brexit is the story of an island nation that has become anchored by nostalgia, which often leaves it paddling against progress.

Philip Stephens is a Financial Times contributing editor and its former chief political commentator who has won several awards, including the David Watt prize for Outstanding Political Journalism and Journalist of the Year at The Press Awards.

Covering Britain's political machinations and maneuvers since the end of World War II, Britain Alone charts the historical reasons why the country left the European Union in January 2020.