The Lost Victory - British Dreams, British Realities, 1945-1950

Informationen zum Autor 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). Klappentext In 1945 Britain emerged from war triumphant. On July 26! after Labour won a landslide election victory! Churchill resigned! Attlee became Prime Minister. Drawing on material from Cabinet and other Whitehall records! this title argues that what followed was an era of mistaken strategies and costly consequences. Zusammenfassung In 1945 Britain emerged from war triumphant. On July 26, after Labour won a landslide election victory, Churchill resigned, Attlee became Prime Minister. Drawing on material from Cabinet and other Whitehall records, this title argues that what followed was an era of mistaken strategies and costly consequences.

Product details

• Authors: Correlli Barnett, Barnett Correlli
• Assisted by: Correll Barnett (Editor), Correlli Barnett (Editor)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.09.2011
• EAN: 9780571282654
• ISBN: 978-0-571-28265-4
• No. of pages: 542
• Dimensions: 126 mm x 198 mm x 40 mm
• Series: Pride and Fall sequence; Pride and Fall sequence
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, European History, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, HISTORY / Europe / Great Britain / 20th Century, Economic history, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, C 1945 To C 1960, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements