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Review Brilliant and thought-provoking ... There are moments of edgy humour, too ... This remarkable book shows that whatever the reasons for the length of time it took to bring Hitler to heel, the quantity and quality of British war material was not among them (Brendan Simms Sunday Telegraph) Edgerton's book is a remarkable achievement. He re-envisions Britain's role in World War II and with it Britain's place in modernity. In place of a plucky island standing alone, he gives us a global empire of machines, not a welfare state, but a technocratic warfare state. The period will never look the same again (Adam Tooze, author of The Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy) Consistently lively, stimulating and authoritative (Observer) Absolutely fascinating. This book will make you think differently about Britain's role in the Second World War (Laurence Rees, author of Auschwitz: The Nazis and The 'Final Solution') This book has certainly changed my views ... It is a necessary and timely corrective to a great deal of loosely thought-through conventional wisdom, and makes a real contribution to our understanding of the war (Richard Holmes Literary Review) For t

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Author

David Edgerton

Publisher

Penguin Books, Limited

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780141969268

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Management, History, Business

Rating

3.42 / 5 (50 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14