Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

The verdict of peace :

Barnett, Correlli.

The verdict of peace : Britain between her yesterday and the future / Correlli Barnett. - London : Macmillan, 2001. - xix, [713] p. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliography (p. 656-687) and index.

Part One - The Turning Point 1. The Probability of a Long and Costly Campaign 2. The Principal Partner of America in World Affairs 3. Trying to Do too Many Things At Once Part Two - Our Status as a World Power 4. A Choice of the Utmost Difficulty 5. An Area of Vital Importance 6. To Know When to Retreat Part Three - The World's Largest Debtor 7. The Starving of Productive Investment 8. Operation ROBOT and the Burden of Sterling Part Four - Industry - The Workers 9. The Leaders of the Agitation: Motor Vehicles 10. Actual or Imagined Grievances: Aircraft and Much Else 11. This Long and Bitter Dispute: The shipyards 12. Custom Versus Development: Coalfields and the Docks 13. The Psychology of the Underdog Part Five - Industry - the Leaders 14. Good Management is a Fundamental Requirement 15. Inward-looking Traditionalism: Old Technologies 16. The Practical Man, Science and Technik 17. Not Wholly Unsuccessful: the Aircraft Industry 18. Dependence on America: Business Systems and More Besides 19. The Drive-train of Industrial Growth Part Six - Consensus and Impotence 20. This Pressing Problem - Productivity 21. The Reckoning

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Industrial policy--History--Great Britain--20th century.


Great Britain--Economic conditions--1945-1964
Great Britain--Economic conditions--1964-1979
Great Britain--Economic conditions--1979-1997
Great Britain--History--20th century.

HD3616. / G72B376

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