{"product_id":"how-to-be-a-liberal-the-story-of-freedom-and-the-fight-for-its-survival-9781912454457","title":"How to Be a Liberal: The Story of Freedom and the Fight for Its Survival","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A tour de force' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eTHE SECRET BARRISTER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Urgent and engaging' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNICK COHEN, OBSERVER COLUMNIST\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A phenomenal history from a truly big mind' -\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e DAVID SCHNEIDER, WRITER\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Required reading for anyone interested in politics and philosophy' - \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePROSPECT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this groundbreaking new book, political journalist Ian Dunt tells the story of liberalism from its birth in the fight against absolute monarchy to the modern-day resistance against the new populism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a soaring narrative that stretches from the battlefields of the English Civil War to the 2008 financial crash and beyond, \u003cem\u003eHow To Be a Liberal\u003c\/em\u003e explains the political ideas which underpin the modern world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut it is also much more. 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