If War Should Come: The Origins of the Second World War from... - Barnes, Mark

\n\nIF WAR SHOULD COME\nThe Origins of the Second World War from the Times Archive\n\nIF WAR SHOULD COME\nThe Origins of the Second World War from the Times Archive\n\nThis is a pictorial look at aspects of life in Britain and in other parts of Europe in the run up to the start of WWII using press photographs from the era. It examines the reality behind the claim that Britain was a nation prepared for the coming war. The images reproduced here are now in the archives of The Times and The Sunday Times. The 1930s are put in context by referencing back to the end of the Great War and the Versailles Treaty. The book explores how Britain and, to a lesser extent, France were confronted with the next world war even as they struggled, in both material and psychological terms, to recover from the previous one. Another theme is whether the press was complicit in the country\u2019s unpreparedness for what was to come. The Times under the editorship of Geoffrey Dawson, seemed in every sens;