today's generation the great grand children
of those who won the 2nd world war are not made of the same stuff:
TWILIGHT YEARS
The Paradox of Britain Between the Wars
By Richard Overy
"This reviewer has been unable to forget the June 1939 survey sent out to all medical personnel of the British Psycho-Analytical Society, asking them to state preferences for their wartime service ââ¬â whether they would rather do hospital work, emergency work, work with children or work with adults. Ernest Jones, the 60-year-old doyen of British psychoanalysis, sent back his form with a simple declaration scrawled at the bottom: ââ¬ÅReady for anything. E. J.ââ¬Â Perhaps that is a clue to why, despite the all-pervading sense of crisis, Britain survived its twilight years ââ¬â and the catastrophic war that followed."
where is the stiff upper lip today?