The audit of war
Subtitle: the illusion & reality of Britain as a great nation
By: Correlli Barnett.
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 1986
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 359
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- Great Britain.; Great Britain -- Economic conditions -- 1918-1945.; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1936-1945.; Great Britain -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
Description: "In The Audit of War Correlli Barnett places Britain's decline since the Second World War in a startling new perspective. He shows that Britain's wartime industrial performance, far from marking a supreme achievement of national genius and effort, was in reality characterised by all the classic symptoms of the 'British disease'--incompetent management, obstructive trade unions, restrictive practices, wildcat strikes, old-fashioned plant, chronic shortages of skilled personnel, and appalling weaknesses in the newest technologies"--Book jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [343]-354.
Includes index.