Kyle Harrison
to-read
The Audit of War
The Audit of War: The Illusion and Reality of Britain as a Great Nation
- Author
- Correlli Barnett
- Published
- 1986
- Pages
- 359
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Barnett’s hostile audit of British wartime industry and education, arguing that the Second World War exposed rather than caused the country’s decline.
Where I heard about it
- @BevansAdvocate — in a short list of economic-history reading on X, October 2025.
Connections
- Economic History — the field.
- Industrial Revolution — the inheritance Barnett says Britain squandered.