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Author | : David Edgerton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
Genre | : 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999 |
ISBN | : 9781846147753 |
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It is usual to see the United Kingdom as an island of continuity in an otherwise convulsed and unstable Europe; its political history a smooth sequence of administrations, a story of building a welfare state and coping with decline. But what if Britain's history was approached from a different angle? What if we wrote about it with as we might write the history of Germany, say, or the Soviet Union, as a story of power, and of transformation? David Edgerton's major new book breaks out of the confines of traditional British national history to reveal an unfamiliar place, subject to radical discontinuities. Out of a liberal, capitalist, genuinely global power of a unique kind, there arose from the 1940s a distinct British nation. This was committed to internal change, making it much more like the great continental powers. From the 1970s it became bound up both with the European Union and with foreign capital in new ways. Such a perspective produces new and refreshed understanding of everything from the nature of British politics to the performance of British industry. Packed with surprising examples and arguments, The Rise and Fall of the British Nationgives us a grown-up, unsentimental history, one which is crucial at a moment of serious reconsideration for the country and its future.
Author | : George McKinnon Wrong |
Publisher | : G.N. Morang |
Total Pages | : 666 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : Linda Colley |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780300107593 |
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"Controversial, entertaining and alarmingly topical ... a delight to read."Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph
Author | : Andrzej Olechnowicz |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 304 |
Release | : 2007-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0521844614 |
Download The Monarchy and the British Nation, 1780 to the Present Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
What has been the function of monarchy in the political and social life of Britain?
Author | : George M. Wrong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 536 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : George McKinnon Wrong |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 616 |
Release | : 1907 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : British nation |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 208 |
Release | : 1851 |
Genre | : Great Britain |
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Author | : G.M. Wrong |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1916 |
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Author | : Ian F. W. Beckett |
Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 294 |
Release | : 2004-12-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1473816629 |
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The Great War was the first conflict to draw men and women into uniform on a massive scale. From a small regular force of barely 250,000, the British Army rapidly expanded into a national force of over five million. A Nation in Arms brings together original research into the impact of the war on the army as an institution, gives a revealing account of those who served in it and offers fascinating insights into its social history during one of the bloodiest wars.
Author | : David Edgerton |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 481 |
Release | : 2011-09-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0199911509 |
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The familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests, and in command of a global production system. Rather than belittled by a Nazi behemoth, Britain arguably had the world's most advanced mechanized forces. It had not only a great empire, but allies large and small. Edgerton shows that Britain fought on many fronts and its many home fronts kept it exceptionally well supplied with weapons, food and oil, allowing it to mobilize to an extraordinary extent. It created and deployed a vast empire of machines, from the humble tramp steamer to the battleship, from the rifle to the tank, made in colossal factories the world over. Scientists and engineers invented new weapons, encouraged by a government and prime minister enthusiastic about the latest technologies. The British, indeed Churchillian, vision of war and modernity was challenged by repeated defeat at the hands of less well-equipped enemies. Yet the end result was a vindication of this vision. Like the United States, a powerful Britain won a cheap victory, while others paid a great price. Putting resources, machines and experts at the heart of a global rather than merely imperial story, Britain's War Machine demolishes timeworn myths about wartime Britain and gives us a groundbreaking and often unsettling picture of a great power in action.