The Vindication Of Great Britain A Study In Diplomacy And Strategy With Reference To The Illusions Of Her Critics And The Problems Of The Future By Harold Begbie 2d Edition

Author : Harold Begbie
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ISBN 13 : 9781330998793
Total Pages : 326 pages
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Download or read book The Vindication of Great Britain a Study in Diplomacy and Strategy written by Harold Begbie and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-08 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Vindication of Great Britain a Study in Diplomacy and Strategy: With Reference to the Illusions, of Her Critics and the Problems, of the Future In their well intentioned efforts to rouse the energies if this country, certain speakers and writers in England have succeeded in conveying to neutral nations, to our kinsmen across the seas, to our allies, and even to our enemies, an impression of Great Britain which I feel is not merely misleading, but monstrously untrue. I desire to set the character of this great country in a truer light, and to show its achievement to the present generation in some suck aspect as I venture to think history will show it to posterity. This desire does not spring from any feelings of vainglory, but from a spirit of justice, a spirit which inspires me with the faith that a righteous pride and a well-founded enthusiasm are powerful forces in a nation's life, and forces which we in Great Britain shall need in the days ahead. In such a spirit I have entered upon this study, looking up constantly from the documents of yesterday to the horizon of to-morrow, striving always to see in things which have happened guidance for things which are to come; and the conclusions I have reached in the course of my inquiry have been fortified and enlarged by conversations with men of great eminence, not in this country alone, but in Russia, Scandinavia, and America, who are also mindful of that which is to come, and who are convinced that only a revolution in the human mind can avert a repetition of the present tragedy. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.