戦時の大英帝国:その幻想と現実<br>The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation (New)

戦時の大英帝国:その幻想と現実
The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation (New)

  • Pan(2001/08発売)
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  • 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版/ページ数 368 p.
  • 商品コード 9780330347907
  • DDC分類 941.084

基本説明

Based on an analysis of unpublished government records, the text shows that Britain's wartime performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterized by all the classic symptoms of the "British disease".

Full Description


The second book in "The Pride and the Fall" sequence on British power in the 20th century, this work places Britain's decline since World War II in a new perspective. Based on an analysis of unpublished government records, the text shows that Britain's wartime performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterized by all the classic symptoms of the "British disease". By the time they had taken down the bunting from the streets after V-E Day and turned from the war to the future, the British, in their dreams and illusions, and in their flinching from reality, had already written the scenario for Britain's post-war descent.