Could anything have been done through compromise to stop it, or did it have to happen?

To stop what? Please be more specific and I'd be glad to help you answer this question.

the best description of postwar writers might be progressive.

following the war, writers showed a tendency to work on artistic or social matters rather than political themes. while postwar literature may not have been the greatest period of english literature, the themes provided excellent critics a high number of novels. such examples include anthony burgess, anthony powell and frank kermode, all of which can be placed under the progressive view.

it maybe, we dont know. however lucky the lipercon seams guilty