A brief companion-volume to the author's series on Bermuda's modern history; the preceding volumes being 'Empire & Onion-patch' (1898-1918), 'Peace, Prudence and Prosperity' (1919-1939), 'A Colony at War' (1939-1945), 'Seasons of Change' (1939-1959) and 'Siren Songs' (1960-c.1980). The book gives a high-level overview of a subject examined in far greater detail in the main volumes of the series.