**"Thought-provoking and illuminating...Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving."-__The New York Times Book Review__**Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising,__The Twilight Years__tells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English life in the aftermath of World War I. Britain had become a laboratory for modern thought and experimentations, from eugenics to Freud's unconscious. And drawing upon these innovative ideas and concepts, intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists-among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, and H.G. Wells-grappled with a creeping fear that the West was staring down the end of civilization.__The Twilight Years__speaks to the frightening power of ideas in a rapidly changing world.

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Overy, Richard

R. J Overy

Random House, Incorporated

Penguin Publishing Group

Penguin Random House LLC

Ladybird Books Ltd

Viking

United Kingdom and Ireland, United Kingdom

United States, United States of America

1st American ed, New York, N.Y, ©2009

New York, 2010, ©2009

New York, 2014

Reprint, 2010

Nov 30, 2010

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Source title: The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars

<p><p><b>thought-provoking And Illuminating...overy's Study Of British Culture Between The Wars Is Absorbing And Unexpectedly Moving. <br> -<i>the New York Times Book Review</i> </b> <p>original, Entertaining, And Ever-surprising, <i>the Twilight Years</i> Tells The Story Of How An Abiding Fear Of War Influenced English Life In The Aftermath Of World War I. Britain Had Become A Laboratory For Modern Thought And Experimentations, From Eugenics To Freud's Unconscious. And Drawing Upon These Innovative Ideas And Concepts, Intellectuals, Politicians, Scientists, And Artists-among Them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, And H.g. Wells-grappled With A Creeping Fear That The West Was Staring Down The End Of Civilization. <i>the Twilight Years</i> Speaks To The Frightening Power Of Ideas In A Rapidly Changing World.</p> <h3>the New York Times - Alex Von Tunzelmann</h3> <p>in <i>the Twilight Years,</i> His Thought-provoking And Illuminating New Study Of The Interwar Period, Richard Overy Contends That Before 1914 The British Believed They Had Conquered The World And Would Rule It Forever. After World War I, A Wrecked Generation Had To Pick Up The Pieces Of That World And Ask What Went Wrong. It Is This Process That Occupies The Book, Which Successfully Adopts A Broad-brush Approach To Cultural Life Without Obscuring Gemlike Details&#8230;overy's Study Of British Culture Between The Wars Is Absorbing And Unexpectedly Moving. Some Of Its Stories May Haunt The Reader Long After The Book Has Been Closed, And Not Just The Morbid Ones.</p>

From a leading British historian, the story of how fear of war shaped modern England
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.

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.--From publisher description

"Thought-provoking and illuminating ... Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving."--The New York Times Book Review Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising, The Twilight Years tells the story of how an abiding fear of war influenced English life in the aftermath of World War I. Britain had become a laboratory for modern thought and experimentations, from eugenics to Freud's unconscious. And drawing upon these innovative ideas and concepts, intellectuals, politicians, scientists, and artists-among them Arnold Toynbee, Aldous Huxley, and H.G. Wells-grappled with a creeping fear that the West was staring down the end of civilization. The Twilight Years speaks to the frightening power of ideas in a rapidly changing world

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