Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the 20th Century (Studies In Modern History) - Softcover

Reynolds, D.

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9780582552760: Britannia Overruled: British Policy and World Power in the 20th Century (Studies In Modern History)

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ISBN 10: 0582552761 ISBN 13: 9780582552760

Publisher: Longman, 1991

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A century ago, Britannia ruled the waves and straddled the globe. Today she is a peripheral member of the European Community. David Reynolds offers a distinctive explanation of this ``decline''. His innovative survey of British overseas policy since the 1890s also provides a penetrating essay on the nature of power, illuminating the whole pattern of international relations in the twentieth century.

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'This provocative book, based on wide-ranging and up-to-date printed sources as well as manuscripts, will, as the author intends, be useful to mature scholars, students of history and politics, and a good many general readers.'

British Politics Group Newsletter

`This account of Britain's demise as a world power in the twentieth century is a welcome blend of two different sorts of history: both a narrative of decline and a philosophical investigation into the nature and logic of power.'
The Independent

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Director of Studies in History at Christ's College, Cambridge

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