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Warfare State: Britain, 1920-1970 by David Edgerton (Paperback, 2005)

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A challenge to the central theme of the existing histories of twentieth-century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state, this book argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry. This insight implies major revisions to our understanding of twentieth-century British history, from appeasement, to wartime industrial and economic policy, and the place of science and technology in government. David Edgerton also shows how British intellectuals came to think of the state in terms of welfare and decline, and includes a devastating analysis of C. P. Snow's two cultures. This groundbreaking book offers a new, post-welfarist and post-declinist, account of Britain, and an original analysis of the relations of science, technology, industry and the military. It will be essential reading for those working on the history and historiography of twentieth-century Britain, the historical sociology of war and the history of science and technology.

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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-139780521672313

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Number of Pages382 Pages

Publication NameWarfare State: Britain, 1920-1970

LanguageEnglish

SubjectHistory

Publication Year2005

TypeTextbook

AuthorDavid Edgerton

FormatPaperback

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Item Height229 mm

Item Weight600 g

Item Width155 mm

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Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom

Title_AuthorDavid Edgerton

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by wilroll_99
19 May, 2020
Essential for any military historian
Very good synopsis of the way in which the U.K.tried to maintain military parity
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