Then & Now Again? Trauma & Turbulence in 1931, And Again? By Hugh Gault COMING 7 NOV
£12.00
Gretton Books
Paperback
7 November 2025
Just as 1931 brought global trauma so has 2025. Migration, tariffs, resource wars, famine and a shift to the right characterise both. Disrupting might be today's term, but abandoning is more accurate. Post-1945 norms have not been adjusted or revised, nor are eastern and southern hemispheres better embraced. The rules-based order has simply been traduced and not replaced. Bullying has always been part of US hegemony; abandoning your allies when they are no longer useful not previously.
In 1931 nations had options about their and the world's future. Warnings were ignored, wrong choices were made or good intentions had unintended consequences. The outcome for many was prolonged suffering.
There are many resemblances to today's tipping-point. Will the worst be avoided this time round or, as the haphazard responses to the climate crisis suggest, will long-term future-proofing be subservient to short-term political popularity?
This book identifies the options as we face another fork in the road.