The authors of this new, entirely original book also hide behind a pseudonym: ‘Cato the Younger’, the great-grandson of Cato, who equally warned of the consequences of foolish decisions by the leaders of Rome. The 1940 edition pointed the finger of blame at fifteen ‘guilty’ men who had failed to prepare Britain for the inevitable war with Germany. The best known of the three writers was Michael Foot, the future Labour leader. It was written under the pseudonym ‘Cato’, and so secret were the identities of the eminent authors that they were even able to review the book themselves without being discovered. Guilty Men, published in 1940, was the great polemical bestseller of the mid-twentieth century. Published to mark the first anniversary of Brexit, two prominent political and social commentators lambast the political figures who have betrayed the European cause.
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