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Lion and the Eagle: The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783–1972

 
Kathleen Burk (Author)
Synopsis

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. 

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About the author

Kathleen Burk

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.

 

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Bibliographic information

Title Lion and the Eagle: The Interaction of the British and American Empires 1783–1972
Author Kathleen Burk
Format Hardcover
Date published: 04.11.2019
Edition 1st ed.
Language: English
isbn 9781408856277
length 576p.
Subjects History