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In the newspapers of today, it’s not uncommon to see retired generals and security experts calling for increased defense spending and a renewed focus on military readiness, often citing rising global tensions. These debates, echoing through the halls of power, are not new. In fact, they are hauntingly similar to the vexed conversations that dominated British politics in the mid-to-late 1930s, a period when a nation, still scarred by one war, had to confront the terrifying possibility of another. As we explored in our latest podcast episode, the story of British rearmament is far more complex than a simple narrative…