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Borrowed Time - The Story of Britain Between the Wars (Paperback)
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Borrowed Time - The Story of Britain Between the Wars (Paperback)
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List price R421
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Called an uneasy peace, the twenty years between the wars were a
time of turmoil - Britain saw a general strike and the worst
economic crisis in its history, armed rebellion in Ireland and open
revolt in India, a Prime Minister's resignation and the King's
abdication. Crisis followed crisis until Britain was engulfed in
the Second World War - a catastrophe that could have been foreseen,
possibly even prevented. But there were also moments of triumph:
England regained the Ashes and Britain ran to glory in the
'Chariots of Fire' Olympic Games; the BBC was born and became the
envy of the free world; there was a renaissance in poetry,
sculpture of genius, and cinema lightened the darkness for
millions. However it is the politicians who failed who have really
come to personify the interwar years - in particular Ramsey
MacDonald and Stanley Baldwin. Both prime ministers were better men
than history allows. And Winston Churchill? Right or wrong, success
or failure, he is the irrepressible force in what he called the
'years for the locusts to eat'. Hattersley's assessment of this
doomed era is illuminating, entertaining and bold.
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