Warfare state : Britain, 1920 - 1970 / David Edgerton

'Warfare State' challenges the central theme of the existing histories of 20th century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state. It argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry. The book is a substantial reinterpretation of the British s...

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Auteurs principaux:Edgerton, David
Format: Livre
Langue:English
Publié:Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2006
Édition:1. publ
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Résumé:'Warfare State' challenges the central theme of the existing histories of 20th century Britain, that the British state was a welfare state. It argues that it was also a warfare state, which supported a powerful armaments industry. The book is a substantial reinterpretation of the British state in the 20th century.
Description matérielle:XV, 364 S. graph. Darst
ISBN:0521672317
0521856361
9780521856362