'THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE, 1714-1783'

SIMMS, BRENDAN

ISBN 10: 0713994266 / ISBN 13: 9780713994261

Published by allen lane, United Kingdom, 2007

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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.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: 'THREE VICTORIES AND A DEFEAT: THE RISE AND FALL OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE, 1714-1783'
• Publisher: allen lane, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0713994266
• ISBN 13: 9780713994261
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Illustrated
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Brendan Simms is a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge, Reader in 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, which was shortlisted for the Samuel Johnson Prize.