Crisis? What Crisis?

'A masterful work of social history and cultural commentary, told with much wit. It almost makes you feel as if you were there' ROGER LEWIS, Mail on Sunday.

‘Turner combines a fan’s sense of populism (weaving in references to a rapidly expanding popular culture) with a keen grasp of the political landscape, which gives his survey of an often overlooked decade its cutting edge’

'Excellent ... this trilogy is about the most authoritative account of the late 20th century as you are likely to get'

‘Turner has certainly hit upon a rich and fascinating subject, and his intertwining of political and cultural history is brilliantly done... This is a masterful work of social history and cultural commentary, told with much wit. It almost makes you feel as if you were there’

‘Vivid, brilliantly researched... Turner may be an anorak, but he is an acutely intelligent anorak'

‘This well-researched and witty text recounts how the media reflected politics in an era of glamour, bad fashion and inflation… displays wit, colour and detail’

‘An adventurous and enjoyable reassessment of a much-maligned decade’

‘A real lesson in social history but without the stuffiness… A good fun reminder of the “decade that taste forgot”’

‘An ambitious, entertaining alternative history of the 1970s which judges the decade not just by its political turbulence but by the leg-up it gave popular culture’

‘Turner combines a fan’s sense of populism (weaving in references to a rapidly expanding popular culture) with a keen grasp of the political landscape, which gives his survey of an often overlooked decade its cutting edge’

'Turner's narrative is quite compelling... This is about as far away from sober, stuffy history as you can get and deserves a wide readership'

'Excellent ... this trilogy is about the most authoritative account of the late 20th century as you are likely to get'