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1ª edición en ingles 1965 Oxford Universitiy Press
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Alan John Percivale "A. J. P." Taylor, FBA (Birkdale, Lancashire, 25 de marzo de 1906 - Londres, 7 de septiembre de 1990) fue un historiador, periodista y escritor inglés especializado en la diplomacia europea de los siglos XIX y XX. Tanto como periodista y como locutor, se hizo muy conocido por millones de televidentes a través de sus conferencias por televisión.580

This is the book that taught me what writing about history could be. Discursive, opinionated, and entertaining, Professor Taylor leads us through the history of England between and during two world wars in his own inimitable style, culminating in the last, glorious, uplifting paragraph, expressive of an optimism long gone. ( )

A good many books have been written about this period of British history since Taylor's first appeared in the shops, but this author's lively and sometimes controversial account shouldn't be overlooked. I found his explanation of the causes of the General Strike easier to understand than some I have read - Roy Hattersley take note - and his surprisingly sympathetic portrait of Neville Chamberlain puts a different slant on Munich, appeasement, and the man in general. On the minus side, there are an awful lot of footnotes, not all of them relevant, but I got used to them after a while; and as we witness the decline of Britain from empire state to poor relation of the USA, Taylor's final optimistic note for the future doesn't quite ring true. Nevertheless, still worth a read. ( )

2379 English History 1914-1945, by A. J. P. Taylor (read 28 Apr 1991) This is a big book, opinionated, and excellent reading at times. It is volume 15 of The Oxford History of England. I would like to read the other volumes in this series but I don't suppose I ever will. This book seemed dated and I would like to read a more recent book on the same subject. ( )

English History 1914-1945
A. J. P. Taylor
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