The Collapse of British Power (Pride and Fall sequence) - Softcover

Bernett, Correlli

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571281699 ISBN 13: 9780571281695

Publisher: Faber, 2011

Synopsis

The Collapse of British Power (1972) was the first entry in what became known as Correlli Barnett's 'Pride & Fall' sequence on British power in the twentieth century. It is concerned chiefly with the years 1918-1940 wherein historians have often focused on the great monetary and human costs of the First World War. Barnett, however, issues a bold and detailed indictment of Britain's strategic over-stretch, its attachment to the Commonwealth and to a 'world power' status that, by the end of the Second World War, it could no longer afford - at a moment, moreover, when capital investment in industrial modernization was sorely required.

About this title

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).

Edition details

• Publisher: Faber
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571281699
• ISBN 13: 9780571281695
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 656