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The Lion and the Eagle
The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783-1972
Taschenbuch von Kathleen Burk
Sprache: Englisch

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An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance

Throughout modern history, British and American rivalry has gone hand in hand with common interests. In this book Kathleen Burk brilliantly examines the different kinds of power the two empires have projected, and the means they have used to do it. What the two empires have shared is a mixture of pragmatism, ruthless commercial drive, a self-righteous foreign policy and plenty of naked aggression. These have been aimed against each other more than once; yet their underlying alliance against common enemies has been historically unique and a defining force throughout the twentieth century.

This is a global and epic history of the rise and fall of empires. It ranges from America's futile attempts to conquer Canada to her success in opening up Japan but rapid loss of leadership to Britain; from Britain's success in forcing open China to her loss of the Middle East to the US; and from the American conquest of the Philippines to her destruction of the British Empire. The Pax Americana replaced the Pax Britannica, but now the American world order is fading, threatening Britain's belief in her own world role.
An invigorating history of the arguments and cooperation between America and Britain as they divided up the world and an illuminating exploration of their underlying alliance

Throughout modern history, British and American rivalry has gone hand in hand with common interests. In this book Kathleen Burk brilliantly examines the different kinds of power the two empires have projected, and the means they have used to do it. What the two empires have shared is a mixture of pragmatism, ruthless commercial drive, a self-righteous foreign policy and plenty of naked aggression. These have been aimed against each other more than once; yet their underlying alliance against common enemies has been historically unique and a defining force throughout the twentieth century.

This is a global and epic history of the rise and fall of empires. It ranges from America's futile attempts to conquer Canada to her success in opening up Japan but rapid loss of leadership to Britain; from Britain's success in forcing open China to her loss of the Middle East to the US; and from the American conquest of the Philippines to her destruction of the British Empire. The Pax Americana replaced the Pax Britannica, but now the American world order is fading, threatening Britain's belief in her own world role.
Über den Autor
Kathleen Burk is Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London, commentator and radio panellist. She is the author of several distinguished scholarly books on the US and its interventions in the rest of the world, and a definitive biography of A.J.P. Taylor. Kathleen's most recent book was Old World, New World, a history of England and America from 1600 to the present.
Zusammenfassung
For readers of The Unfinished Empire by John Darwin (Penguin, 2013: 7,500 TCM), Colossus by Niall Ferguson (Penguin, 2009: nearly 60,000 TCM) and Empire by Niall Ferguson (Penguin, 2004: 275,000 TCM)
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 576
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781408856277
ISBN-10: 1408856271
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Burk, Kathleen
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 199 x 132 x 47 mm
Von/Mit: Kathleen Burk
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2019
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
preigu-id: 114894260
Über den Autor
Kathleen Burk is Professor Emerita of Modern and Contemporary History at University College London, commentator and radio panellist. She is the author of several distinguished scholarly books on the US and its interventions in the rest of the world, and a definitive biography of A.J.P. Taylor. Kathleen's most recent book was Old World, New World, a history of England and America from 1600 to the present.
Zusammenfassung
For readers of The Unfinished Empire by John Darwin (Penguin, 2013: 7,500 TCM), Colossus by Niall Ferguson (Penguin, 2009: nearly 60,000 TCM) and Empire by Niall Ferguson (Penguin, 2004: 275,000 TCM)
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Geschichte
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Thema: Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Seiten: 576
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781408856277
ISBN-10: 1408856271
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Burk, Kathleen
Hersteller: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Maße: 199 x 132 x 47 mm
Von/Mit: Kathleen Burk
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.07.2019
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
preigu-id: 114894260
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