I was determined to locate the phrase’s origin, and I did find it in a lengthy 1996 essay in American Heritage by Keegan on his relationship with, and perspective upon America, as a Briton.
The quote:
“Britain’s glory time, between Dunkirk and Pearl Harbor, when Hitler’s army stood on the French coast and only a filigree of Spitfires hung between my unthinking self and invasion.”
It’s a fine essay.
OneGuy
Death and destruction and for what? King and country. And Agincourt was the world’s biggest clusterfuck. And look what England is becoming now. I give them ten years. Their last half dozen Prime ministers have been disastrous. The British have been fucked over by their own government and the worst is yet to come. And, honestly, I don’t think the English have the stomach to take their country back and in fact it may be too late. Ditto for most of the EU. The U.S., Canada and Australia will follow them all too soon. The only question is will it end in a fight or will we all just give up?
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