Books, Arts & Manners: Decline and Fall

The Pride and the Fall: The Dream and the Illusion of Britain as a Great Nation, by Correlli Barnett (Free Press, 384 pp., $22.95)

Correlli Barnett earned his reputation as one of Britain’s leading military historians with The Desert Generals, The Swordbearers, and Britain and Her Army. In The Collapse of British Power, he broadened his discussion of strategy beyond purely military dimensions, stating:

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The Pride and the Fall: The Dream and the Illusion of Britain as a Great Nation, by Correlli Barnett (Free Press, 384 pp., $22.95)

Correlli Barnett earned his reputation as one of Britain’s leading military historians with The Desert Generals, The Swordbearers, and Britain and Her Army. In The Collapse of British Power, he broadened his discussion of strategy beyond purely military dimensions, stating: