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The audit of war: The illusion & reality of Britain as a great nation

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This book sets about to explain the malaise and fall from power of Modern England. Starting at a period immeadiately prior to the end of the second world war it first shows how Modern England was the product of the aesthetic and cultural elites of the governing class. These classes held values which could be best described as a combination of socialism and wishy washy Christianity with an abbhorence of technology. It also shows how the working classes of England were exploited at the time of the industrial revolution with the resultant social consequences. I found this book at an airport lobby and was unable to put it down till finished. This book is well worth the effort reading.

The books starts off slow but after a chapter or two becomes much more interesting. The Germans built planes for 30% of the manhours the English required. They did this because of the differences in the social contract and the education system. Read this book to understand what we are doing wrong and what we do right. I came away with more respect for M. Thacher and the changes she is made to England and an better understanding for the strong points and weak points of our society.

I wonder if anyone else has ever read this book?