{"product_id":"the-twilight-years-the-paradox-of-britain-between-the-wars-9780143118114","title":"The Twilight Years: The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Richard Overy\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Penguin Publishing Group\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Europe - Great Britain - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Thought-provoking and illuminating...Overy's study of British culture between the wars is absorbing and unexpectedly moving.\" \u003cbr\u003e -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Original, entertaining, and ever-surprising, \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Years\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003ci\u003eThe Twilight Years\u003c\/i\u003e speaks to the frightening power of ideas in a rapidly changing world.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408455688343,"sku":"9780143118114","price":2201.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780143118114.webp?v=1767309934","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-twilight-years-the-paradox-of-britain-between-the-wars-9780143118114","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}