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Britain's Locust Years, 1918-1940

William Lloyd McElwee

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Description:The vents of 1918-1940 are now at last coming into historical focus, and it is beginning to be possible to see them objectively and in a proper perspective. Out of the mass of published memoirs, diaries and letters, biographies, and specialist studies of particularly episodes Mr McElwee has managed to distil a coherent and lucid account of what happened to Britain between the two great wars.Sir Winston Churchill, in the first volume of his great History of the War, used the phrase 'The Locust Years' to describe the period from 1931-1935, when he believes the last, irrecoverable chance of averting a second calamity was lost. Mr McElwee sees the whole of the inter-war story as one of the lost opportunities, wasted endeavour, and frustrated hopes, the blame for which he distributes impartially among all classes and parties, though he emphasizes, too, the social and political gains which to some extent offset the failures. The men and events, the problems and crises are brought vividly to life and woven into a lively and interesting story, equally valuable to those whose personal experience does not reach back to the events described and to those who still carry in their memories the distorting prejudices and passions of a very controversial period.Mr McElwee has, indeed, written a book of the highest quality and the first importance; which the general reader will find only too absorbing, and which will undoubtedly be of great value to students and teachers of twentieth-century history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Britain's Locust Years, 1918-1940. To get started finding Britain's Locust Years, 1918-1940, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 292

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Faber and Faber

Release: 1962

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Description: The vents of 1918-1940 are now at last coming into historical focus, and it is beginning to be possible to see them objectively and in a proper perspective. Out of the mass of published memoirs, diaries and letters, biographies, and specialist studies of particularly episodes Mr McElwee has managed to distil a coherent and lucid account of what happened to Britain between the two great wars.Sir Winston Churchill, in the first volume of his great History of the War, used the phrase 'The Locust Years' to describe the period from 1931-1935, when he believes the last, irrecoverable chance of averting a second calamity was lost. Mr McElwee sees the whole of the inter-war story as one of the lost opportunities, wasted endeavour, and frustrated hopes, the blame for which he distributes impartially among all classes and parties, though he emphasizes, too, the social and political gains which to some extent offset the failures. The men and events, the problems and crises are brought vividly to life and woven into a lively and interesting story, equally valuable to those whose personal experience does not reach back to the events described and to those who still carry in their memories the distorting prejudices and passions of a very controversial period.Mr McElwee has, indeed, written a book of the highest quality and the first importance; which the general reader will find only too absorbing, and which will undoubtedly be of great value to students and teachers of twentieth-century history.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Britain's Locust Years, 1918-1940. To get started finding Britain's Locust Years, 1918-1940, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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