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Day of Empire

Author : Amy Chua
Publisher : Anchor
ISBN 13 : 0307472450
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book Day of Empire written by Amy Chua and published by Anchor. This book was released on 2009-01-06 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this sweeping history, bestselling author Amy Chua explains how globally dominant empires—or hyperpowers—rise and why they fall. In a series of brilliant chapter-length studies, she examines the most powerful cultures in history—from the ancient empires of Persia and China to the recent global empires of England and the United States—and reveals the reasons behind their success, as well as the roots of their ultimate demise. Chua's analysis uncovers a fascinating historical pattern: while policies of tolerance and assimilation toward conquered peoples are essential for an empire to succeed, the multicultural society that results introduces new tensions and instabilities, threatening to pull the empire apart from within. What this means for the United States' uncertain future is the subject of Chua's provocative and surprising conclusion.

The Last Empire

Author : Serhii Plokhy
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 0465097928
Total Pages : 522 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (65 download)

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Download or read book The Last Empire written by Serhii Plokhy and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2015-09-08 with total page 522 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe offers “a stirring account of an extraordinary moment” in Russian history (Wall Street Journal) On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked to the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the triumph of democratic values over communism, took center stage in American public discourse immediately after Bush's speech and has persisted for decades -- with disastrous consequences for American standing in the world. As prize-winning historian Serhii Plokhy reveals in The Last Empire, the collapse of the Soviet Union was anything but the handiwork of the United States. Bush, in fact, was firmly committed to supporting Gorbachev as he attempted to hold together the USSR in the face of growing independence movements in its republics. Drawing on recently declassified documents and original interviews with key participants, Plokhy presents a bold new interpretation of the Soviet Union's final months, providing invaluable insight into the origins of the current Russian-Ukrainian conflict and the outset of the most dangerous crisis in East-West relations since the end of the Cold War. Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize Choice Outstanding Academic Title BBC History Magazine Best History Book of the Year

The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire

Author : Peter Clarke
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1596917423
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (969 download)

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Download or read book The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire written by Peter Clarke and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sweeping, brilliantly vivid history of the sudden end of the British empire and the moment when America became a world superpower. "I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire." Winston Churchill's famous statement in November 1942, just as the tide of the Second World War was beginning to turn, pugnaciously affirmed his loyalty to the world-wide institution that he had served for most of his life. Britain fought and sacrificed on a worldwide scale to defeat Hitler and his allies-and won. Yet less than five years after Churchill's defiant speech, the British Empire effectively ended with Indian Independence in August 1947 and the end of the British Mandate in Palestine in May 1948. As the sun set on Britain's Empire, the age of America as world superpower dawned. How did this rapid change of fortune come about? Peter Clarke's book is the first to analyze the abrupt transition from Rule Britannia to Pax Americana. His swiftly paced narrative makes superb use of letters and diaries to provide vivid portraits of the figures around whom history pivoted: Churchill, Gandhi, Roosevelt, Stalin, Truman, and a host of lesser-known figures though whom Clarke brilliantly shows the human dimension of epochal events. The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire is a captivating work of popular history that shows how the events that followed the war reshaped the world as profoundly as the conflict itself.

The Last Days of Empire and the Worlds of Business and Diplomacy

Author : Charles Cullimore
Publisher : Pen and Sword History
ISBN 13 : 1526789051
Total Pages : 181 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book The Last Days of Empire and the Worlds of Business and Diplomacy written by Charles Cullimore and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2021-06-30 with total page 181 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A personal story, a colorful travelogue and an inside experience of politics and international relations, which includes a poignant 'imperial' sidelight with the discovery of his grandmother's grave in India. Charles Cullimore's was a varied life from the end of the British Empire to high-level business and finally with major roles in post-imperial British policy. He rounded off a career appropriately by lecturing at the School of Oriental and African Studies in the University of London, underpinning academic study with his hands-on experience in international diplomacy. The account is modest, graphic, full of incident, personality and anecdote, and face-to-face encounters with leading actors. After the 'Devonshire course' for entrants to the Colonial Service came appointment to Tanganyika and here is an intimate personal and 'official' account of district administration and the rise of TANU - Tanganyika African National Union - and decolonisation. The moving letter from Julius Nyerere reproduced in the text sums up a close relationship at the end of empire between the administration and the rising politicians assuming power at decolonisation when Tanganyika became Tanzania shortly after. A spell at ICI in 'personnel' followed in Scotland, Malaysia and Singapore. And then back to government service in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office focussed on Overseas Development, followed by a posting to Bonn at the height of the Cold War. The author came back to British Commonwealth service as Head of Chancery in India, Deputy High Commissioner in Australia, Head of the Central African Department in the FCO covering relations with the 'front-line States' and their conflict with South Africa. Finally, he was High Commissioner in Uganda at the time of state-recovery under Museveni - an intimate account full of fascinating personal contact. A personal story, a colorful travelogue and an inside experience of politics and international relations, which includes a poignant 'imperial' sidelight with the discovery of his grandmother's grave in India.

The Forging of the American Empire

Author : Sidney Lens
Publisher : Pluto Press
ISBN 13 : 9780745321004
Total Pages : 484 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book The Forging of the American Empire written by Sidney Lens and published by Pluto Press. This book was released on 2003-06-20 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From Mexico to Vietnam, from Nicaragua to Lebanon, and more recently to Kosovo, East Timor and now Iraq, the United States has intervened in the affairs of other nations. Yet American leaders continue to promote the myth that America is benevolent and peace-loving, and involves itself in conflicts only to defend the rights of others; excesses and cruelties, though sometimes admitted, usually are regarded as momentary aberrations.This classic book is the first truly comprehensive history of American imperialism. Now fully updated, and featuring a new introduction by Howard Zinn, it is a must-read for all students and scholars of American history. Renowned author Sidney Lens shows how the United States, from the time it gained its own independence, has used every available means - political, economic, and military - to dominate other nations.Lens presents a powerful argument, meticulously pieced together from a huge array of sources, to prove that imperialism is an inevitable consequence of the U.S. economic system. Surveying the pressures, external and internal, on the United States today, he concludes that like any other empire, the reign of the U.S. will end -- and he examines how this time of reckoning may come about.

Empire

Author : Graham McNeill
Publisher : Games Workshop
ISBN 13 : 9781844166886
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (668 download)

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Download or read book Empire written by Graham McNeill and published by Games Workshop. This book was released on 2009-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time of Legends is Black Library's premiere fantasy series, which brings the history and legends of the Warhammer world alive. Empire follows up Heldenhammer, by Graham McNeill, with the story of the creation of the Empire in the Old World.

The Glory of the Empire

Author : Jean D'Ormesson
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590179668
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Glory of the Empire written by Jean D'Ormesson and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Glory of the Empire is the rich and absorbing history of an extraordinary empire, at one point a rival to Rome. Rulers such as Basil the Great of Onessa, who founded the Empire but whose treacherous ways made him a byword for infamy, and the romantic Alexis the bastard, who dallied in the fleshpots of Egypt, studied Taoism and Buddhism, returned to save the Empire from civil war, and then retired “to learn to die,” come alive in The Glory of the Empire, along with generals, politicians, prophets, scoundrels, and others. Jean d’Ormesson also goes into the daily life of the Empire, its popular customs, and its contribution to the arts and the sciences, which, as he demonstrates, exercised an influence on the world as a whole, from the East to the West, and whose repercussions are still felt today. But it is all fiction, a thought experiment worthy of Jorge Luis Borges, and in the end The Glory of the Empire emerges as a great shimmering mirage, filling us with wonder even as it makes us wonder at the fugitive nature of power and the meaning of history itself.

Andivius Hedulio

Author : Edward Lucas White
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Andivius Hedulio written by Edward Lucas White and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Day of the Caesars (Eagles of the Empire 16)

Author : Simon Scarrow
Publisher : Headline
ISBN 13 : 9781472251985
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Day of the Caesars (Eagles of the Empire 16) written by Simon Scarrow and published by Headline. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sunday Times bestseller AD 54. Claudius is dead. Rome is in turmoil. And two brave heroes of the Roman army face the challenge of their lives. Simon Scarrow's DAY OF THE CAESARS is not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. 'A new book in Simon Scarrow's series about the Roman army is always a joy' The Times The Emperor Claudius is dead. Nero rules. His half-brother Britannicus has also laid claim to the throne. A bloody power struggle is underway. All Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro want is a simple army life, fighting with their brave and loyal men. But Cato has caught the eye of rival factions determined to get him on their side. To survive, Cato must play a cunning game, and enlist the help of the one man in the Empire he can trust: Macro. As the rebel force grows, legionaries and Praetorian Guards are moved like chess pieces by powerful and shadowy figures. A political game has created the ultimate military challenge. Can civil war be averted? The future of the Empire is in Cato's hands... IF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!

Persians

Author : Time-Life Books
Publisher : Time Life Medical
ISBN 13 : 9780809491049
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Persians written by Time-Life Books and published by Time Life Medical. This book was released on 1995 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient history.

Time Tunnel: the Empire

Author : Richard Todd
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781733193603
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (936 download)

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Download or read book Time Tunnel: the Empire written by Richard Todd and published by . This book was released on 2019-09-04 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: September 11, 2001. Padma Mahajan mourns the loss of her newlywed husband, Major Kyle Mason, killed while defeating terrorists from crashing American 11 into the World Trade Center. As she watches harrowing videos on TV of American 11 missing the North Tower by mere feet, a mysterious visitor enters her apartment, possessing stunning knowledge about the future. Leveraging this information, Padma becomes the world's wealthiest person and de facto "Empress of America" until a new authoritarian challenges her rule and forces her and the visitor from the future to escape into the past - through the Time Tunnel.An accident in the Time Tunnel throws the couple hopelessly off course. Lost in time, they use their knowledge of the future to change the outcome of one of history's most heinous massacres. As they attempt to change the past, they are hunted by Colonel Annika Wise, who has orders to kill the time traveling duo.Time Tunnel: The Empire is the thrilling sequel to Time Tunnel: The Twin Towers, a daring suspense story in which history is changed for better...and worse.

The Iron Empire

Author : James Dashner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781484483152
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book The Iron Empire written by James Dashner and published by . This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They've sailed on the Santa Maria, defended famous cities from Vikings and Mongols, and come face-to-face with some of the greatest figures in history. Now, at long last, Dak, Sera, and Riq travel back in time to the moment it all began. Their missio

The History of the Holy Roman Empire: 1st Century A.D. - 19th Century

Author : Viscount James Bryce
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book The History of the Holy Roman Empire: 1st Century A.D. - 19th Century written by Viscount James Bryce and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2019-12-18 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The main goal of this edition is to present the Holy Roman Empire as an institution or system, the wonderful offspring of a body of beliefs and traditions which have passed away from the world. Such a description, however, would not be intelligible without some account of the great events which accompanied the growth and decay of imperial power; and it has therefore appeared best to give the book the form rather of a narrative than of a dissertation; and to combine with an exposition of what may be called the theory of the Empire an outline of the political history of Germany, as well as some notices of the affairs of medieval Italy. The Roman Empire Before the Invasion of the Barbarians The Barbarian Invasions Restoration of the Empire in the West Empire and Policy of Charles Carolingian and Italian Emperors Theory of the Mediæval Empire The Roman Empire and the German Kingdom Saxon and Franconian Emperors Struggle of the Empire and the Papacy The Emperors in Italy: Frederick Barbarossa Imperial Titles and Pretensions Fall of the Hohenstaufen The Germanic Constitution—the Seven Electors The Empire as an International Power The City of Rome in the Middle Ages The Renaissance: Change in the Character of the Empire The Reformation and Its Effects Upon the Empire The Peace of Westphalia: Last Stage in the Decline of the Empire Fall of the Empire

Chambers's Encyclopaedia

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 842 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Chambers's Encyclopaedia written by and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 842 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Empire

Author : James Laxer
Publisher : Groundwood Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 0888997078
Total Pages : 146 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (889 download)

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Download or read book Empire written by James Laxer and published by Groundwood Books Ltd. This book was released on 2006 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines the beneficial and negative effects of America's policy of imperialism on the world as a whole and the impact that its dominance will have on other nations and peoples in years to come.

The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival

Author : Sir John Bagot Glubb
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780851581279
Total Pages : 46 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book The Fate of Empires and Search for Survival written by Sir John Bagot Glubb and published by . This book was released on 1978-01-01 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Encyclopædia Britannica

Author : Hugh Chisholm
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1020 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopædia Britannica written by Hugh Chisholm and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 1020 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: