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The 1914 war came suddenly and the change in public finance was abrupt. The 1939 war, by contrast, cast long shadows before it and international relations had been deteriorating for a number of years. As a result, the transition from peacetime finance to war finance in Britain was less sharp, and significant changes had already taken place long before war was declared.
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Douglas, R. (1999). The Second World War. In: Taxation in Britain since 1660. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230375260_12
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