The Morbid Age

Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation, 1919 - 1939

Richard Overy

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Penguin
09 July 2010

History

'The Morbid Age is history at its best' Economist

British intellectual life between the wars stood at the heart of modernity. The Morbid Age opens a window on to this creative but anxious era, the golden age of the public intellectual and scientist- Arnold Toynbee, Aldous and Julian Huxley, H. G. Wells, Marie Stopes and a host of others. Yet, as Richard Overy argues, a striking characteristic of so many of the ideas that emerged from this new age - from eugenics to Freud's unconscious, to modern ideas of pacifism and world government - was the fear that the West was facing a possibly terminal crisis of civilization. Ultimately, Overy shows, the coming of war was almost welcomed as a way to resolve the contradictions and anxieties of this period, a war in which it was believed civilization would be either saved or utterly destroyed.

By: Richard Overy
Imprint: Penguin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 368g
ISBN: 9780141003252
ISBN 10: 0141003251
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 09 July 2010
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Richard Overy is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His books include Why the Allies Won, Russia's War, The Battle of Britain and The Dictators, which won the Wolfson and the Hessell Tiltman Prizes for history in 2005.

Reviews for The Morbid Age: Britain and the Crisis of Civilisation, 1919 - 1939

Wonderfully compelling ... never less than a delight to read ... supremely well informed, thoughtful and enjoyable -- Dominic Sandbrook * Evening Standard * Overy is one of the great historians of the second world war -- Bryan Appleyard * Sunday Times * It's difficult to do justice to the richness of Overy's account -- Noel Malcolm * Saturday Telegraph * It is hard to imagine anyone recording these times more exactly and more intelligently, or with greater insight and scholarship, than Overy has in this book -- Simon Heffer * Telegraph * a rewarding book, and a highly readable one -- John Gross * Standpoint *