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The Verdict of Peace (Pride and Fall) - Softcover

Book 3 of 3: Pride and Fall sequence

Barnett, Correlli

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9780571283729: The Verdict of Peace (Pride and Fall)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0571283721 ISBN 13: 9780571283729
Publisher: Faber Finds, 2011

Synopsis

Correlli Barnett's 'Pride and Fall' sequence on the decline of British power and influence in the twentieth century concludes with this majestic, controversial study. Between the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950 and the Suez debacle of 1956, Barnett argues, Britain squandered every chance to re-invent itself as an industrial nation. While Japan and Germany progressed and innovated, Britain stagnated, leaving other countries to dominate market share in new technologies.

'Barnett's demolition both of British nuclear pretensions and the Suez fiasco is devastating... His argument that 'global overstretch' depleted British resources after 1945 would meet with widespread agreement... Some of his best pages are on the weakness of education... Barnett's analysis of our failure to modernise industries like cars and shipbuilding, develop (British-invented) computers or promote long-term public investment would be endorsed by every motorist or rail commuter.'

Kenneth O. Morgan, Independent

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About the Author

"Correlli Barnett" is a world-renowned historian with particular prowess in military, naval, economic and social subjects. Faber Finds are reissuing his four volume "The Pride and Fall" sequence: "The Collapse of British Power," "The Audit of War," "The Lost Victory," "The Verdict of Peace," as well as "The Swordbearers," "Britain and her Army, 1509-1970" (winner of the Royal Society of Literature Heinemann Award) and "Engage the Enemy More Closely" (winner of the Yorkshire Post Book of the Year Award).

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Publisher
Faber Finds
Publication date
2011
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0571283721
ISBN 13 
9780571283729
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
734
Rating
  • 4.17 out of 5 stars
    12 ratings by Goodreads