Sorry to trouble you, but you and Gramarye were chatting about her review of "Never Again: Britain 1945-51" by Peter Hennessy; I tried to comment there, but she's not permitting comments by non-friends. Perhaps you could share this with her:
Not to contradict for its own sake, but all those losses of UK dollar reserves had nearly NOTHING to do with "purchas[ing] the newest films from Hollywood." It couldn't have been even a tenth of a percentage point of the foreign exchange outflow -- which went on food and other consumables, Lend-Lease and other debt repayment, capital goods, and dozens of other, larger categories.
But I liked her review; interesting that you both are keen on knowing about that wrenching period.
Sincerely, Justine
ps -- normally, I'm not nearly this pedantic, honest! Come check out my silly LJ blog.
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Date: 2008-01-10 09:45 pm (UTC)Not to contradict for its own sake, but all those losses of UK dollar reserves had nearly NOTHING to do with "purchas[ing] the newest films from Hollywood." It couldn't have been even a tenth of a percentage point of the foreign exchange outflow -- which went on food and other consumables, Lend-Lease and other debt repayment, capital goods, and dozens of other, larger categories.
But I liked her review; interesting that you both are keen on knowing about that wrenching period.
Sincerely, Justine
ps -- normally, I'm not nearly this pedantic, honest! Come check out my silly LJ blog.