Award-winning historian Overy argues that the coming of World War II was almost welcomed by Britain's leading thinkers, who saw it as an extraordinary test for the survival of civilization--and a way of resolving their contradictory fears and hopes about the future.
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Award-winning historian Overy argues that the coming of World War II was almost welcomed by Britain's leading thinkers, who saw it as an extraordinary test for the survival of civilization--and a way of resolving their contradictory fears and hopes about the future.
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Very Good. Very Good condition. Like New dust jacket. A copy that may have a few cosmetic defects. May also contain light spine creasing or a few markings such as an owner's name, short gifter's inscription or light stamp.
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Good. Good condition. Good dust jacket. With remainder mark. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains.
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. Size: 6x1x9; Minor wear to binding. Clean and sharp-cornered, text and images unmarked. The dust jacket shows some light handling, in a mylar cover. 8vo. 521pp.
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New in New dust jacket. 9780670021130. This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "By the end of World War I, Britain had become a laboratory for modernity. Intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists? among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, and H. G. Wells? sought a vision for a rapidly changing world. Coloring their innovative ideas and concepts, from eugenics to Freud? s unconscious, was a creeping fear that the West was staring down the end of civilization. In their home country of Britain, many of these fears were unfounded. The country had not suffered from economic collapse, occupation, civil war, or any of the ideological conflicts of inter-war Europe. Nevertheless, the modern era? s promise of progress was overshadowed by a looming sense of decay and death that would deeply influence creative production and public argument between the wars. In The Twilight Years, award-winning historian Richard Overy examines the paradox of this period and argues that the coming of World War II was almost welcomed by Britain? s leading thinkers, who saw it as an extraordinary test for the survival of civilization? and a way of resolving their contradictory fears and hopes about the future."; 6.28 X 1.72 X 9.52 inches; 544 pages.
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Near Fine in Very Good jacket. First edition. xxi, 521pp. Illustrated from black and white photographs. Remainder mark on bottom edge, tiny stains on the cover with light bumping at the foot of the spine, about near fine in a very good dust jacket with light rubbing and small scratches on the rear panel.
