Britain In The Century Of Total War: War, Peace And Social Change 1900-1967
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From the smoke-shrouded industrial cities of Edwardian England to the social upheaval of the Swinging Sixties, Britain in the Century of Total War presents a sweeping and authoritative account of how two world wars irrevocably transformed British society between 1900 and 1967. Historian Arthur Marwick argues with compelling rigour that total war — encompassing not merely the military campaigns but the full mobilisation of national economies, labour forces, and civilian populations — acted as the single most powerful catalyst for social change in twentieth-century Britain, dismantling class structures, reshaping gender roles, and redefining the relationship between citizen and state. Marwick's method is meticulous and deeply empirical, drawing on a vast range of social, economic, and political evidence to illustrate how the crucible of conflict accelerated changes that peacetime reform had barely managed to initiate. His prose is measured yet urgent, uniting the scholarly rigour of academic history with the narrative drive of a compelling national story. A landmark work in modern British historiography, it raises a provocative question that lingers long after the final page: was it only through the catastrophe of total war that Britain found the will to remake itself?
Author: Arthur Marwick
Format: Paperback
Genre: British & Irish history
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
From the smoke-shrouded industrial cities of Edwardian England to the social upheaval of the Swinging Sixties, Britain in the Century of Total War presents a sweeping and authoritative account of how two world wars irrevocably transformed British society between 1900 and 1967. Historian Arthur Marwick argues with compelling rigour that total war — encompassing not merely the military campaigns but the full mobilisation of national economies, labour forces, and civilian populations — acted as the single most powerful catalyst for social change in twentieth-century Britain, dismantling class structures, reshaping gender roles, and redefining the relationship between citizen and state. Marwick's method is meticulous and deeply empirical, drawing on a vast range of social, economic, and political evidence to illustrate how the crucible of conflict accelerated changes that peacetime reform had barely managed to initiate. His prose is measured yet urgent, uniting the scholarly rigour of academic history with the narrative drive of a compelling national story. A landmark work in modern British historiography, it raises a provocative question that lingers long after the final page: was it only through the catastrophe of total war that Britain found the will to remake itself?