Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783
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Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783 by Bruce Lenman
From Europe to India and America, Britain's Colonial Wars relates empire to the fortunes of war. In less than a century, between the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and the settlement following the War of the American Revolution, the modern British state was born. This penetrating new analysis questions the centrality of the colonial enterprise to Westminster policy-makers obsessed with European issues, and explains how the impact of their strategies necessarily shaped the destiny of a multi-national and incoherent empire beyond the shores of Europe.
'both books deserve attention, not least because they bring military history back into the mainstream and demonstrate the centrality of conquest to the development of western Europe..'Trevor Royle, Sunday Herald 'vigorously inconoclastic...It is hard to imagine any reader who will not find his or her views challenged by Lenman's robust and splendidly unpredictable views'Professor Peter Marshall, Reviews in History 'Lenman has not only written an excellent survey of eighteenth century colonial wars, he has shown how this subject can be tackled'George Boyce, University of Wales, Swansea, H-Net Reviews
Bruce Lenman is Professor of History at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. John Duncan Mackie (1887-1978) taught at St Andrews, Glasgow and London universities before being appointed Historiographer Royal of Scotland in 1958.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780582424012 |
| ISBN 10 | 0582424011 |
| Title | Britain's Colonial Wars, 1688-1783 |
| Author | Bruce Lenman |
| Series | Modern Wars In Perspective |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Year published | 2001-01-12 |
| Number of pages | 294 |
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