BRITISH POWER IN THE MID-TWENTIETH CENTURY

British Power

British Power

In 1880, Great Britain was the world's pre-eminent power, the leading industrial economy, the greatest sea power, and the possessor of a far-flung empire. By 1950, she had experienced industrial and financial decline, had fought two world wars at great cost, and had become the junior partner of the United States in the cold war against the Soviet Union. Hence it can be said that the word “decline” the right word to characterize British power and prosperity in the mid-twentieth century(Heyck, 2008). What caused this decline is an important theme in modern European ...