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This highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain’s extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained.
At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Britain was an important European power, but few would have predicted her global pre-eminence by 1760. As Brendan Simms shows with great flair and originality, Britain had a crucial card to play. It was the joining of the British crown to Hanover that gave Britain two empires: one scattered around the world and another – the more important of the two - firmly locked into Germany.
Having created a new empire Britain then spectacularly lost it, this time because of its chaotic failure to maintain its European alliances. This is an epic and often unexpected story, and Simms tells it brilliantly.
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Brendan Simms is a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge and Reader in the History of International Relations at the Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge and the author of The Struggle for Mastery in Germany and Unfinest Hour: Britain and the Destruction of Bosnia.
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Three Victories and a Defeat : The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783
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Paperback. Condizione: Very Good. Illustrated (illustratore). This highly original, extremely enjoyable book tells the story of Britain's extraordinary scramble to world power in the 18th century and how, through hubris and incompetence, it lost almost everything it had gained. At the beginning of the eighteenth century, Britain was an important European power, but few would have predicted her global pre-eminence by 1760. As Brendan Simms shows with great flair and originality, Britain had a crucial card to play. It was the joining of the British crown to Hanover that gave Britain two empires: one scattered around the world and another - the more important of the two - firmly locked into Germany. Having created a new empire Britain then spectacularly lost it, this time because of its chaotic failure to maintain its European alliances. This is an epic and often unexpected story, and Simms tells it brilliantly. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Codice articolo GOR004632621
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Three victories and a defeat : the rise and fall of the first British Empire, 1714-1783.
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Allen Lane, 2007
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Illustrated (illustratore). First Edition. An exceptional copy; fine in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description: xvii, 801 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 685-725) and index. Subjects: 1700-1837. British colonies. Außenpolitik. Kolonie. Expansionspolitik. Great Britain Colonies History 18th century. Great Britain History 1714-1837. Great Britain Foreign relations Germany. Großbritannien. Great Britain Colonies History 18th century. Great Britain History George II, 1727-1760. Great Britain History George I, 1714-1727. Genre: Bibliography. History. Illustrated text. Language: English. 1 Kg. Codice articolo 349912
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'THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE, 1714-1783'
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Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine. Illustrated (illustratore). 1st Edition. Allen Lane. Book Condition: Used - as New. illustrated edition. 2007. Hardcover. Fine. Dj is as New. In the eighteenth century, Britain became a world superpower through a series of sensational military strikes. Traditionally, the Royal Navy has been seen as Britain's key weapon, but in Three Victories and a Defeat Brendan Simms argues that Britain's true strength lay with the German aristocrats who ruled it at the time. The House of Hanover superbly managed a complex series of European alliances that enabled Britain to keep the continental balance of power in check while dramatically expanding her own empire. These alliances sustained the nation through the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War. But in 1776, Britain lost the American continent by alienating her European allies. Codice articolo 000164
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Three Victories and a Defeat : The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire, 1714-1783
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