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Kevin Hjortshøj O'Rourke
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A Short History of Brexit is being published today by Penguin. Given that I handed in the manuscript on December 19, and that Christmas intervened, everyone there needs to take a bow for getting it out so quickly, and I am suitably grateful.
penguin.co.uk/books/313/3138…
A lot of the sources cited in the book are available online -- government documents, newspaper articles, and so forth. This is especially true for the later chapters.
Since it is a nuisance to type in URL's, I thought it might be helpful for readers who want to read further, or see if they agree with my takes on particular issues, if I put all the endnotes online, with (hopefully) clickable links to those sources.
irisheconomy.ie/index.php/2018…
Am very happy to repair any links that may be broken.
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