After the Victorians
The Decline of Britain in the World
A. N. Wilson
- The
- distinguished
- historian
- A.N.
- Wilson
- has
- charted,
- in
- vivid
- detail,
- Britain's
- rise
- to
- world
- dominance,
- a
- tale
- of
- how
- one
- small
- island
- nation
- came
- to
- be
- the
- mightiest,
- richest
- country
- on
- earth,
- reigning
- over
- much
- of
- the
- globe.
- Now
- in
- his
- much
- anticipated
- sequel
- to
- the
- classic
- The
- Victorians,
- he
- describes
- how
- in
- little
- more
- than
- a
- generation
- Britain's
- power
- and
- influence
- in
- the
- world
- would
- virtually
- dissolve.In
- After
- the
- Victorians,
- Wilson
- presents
- a
- panoramic
- view
- of
- an
- era,
- stretching
- from
- the
- death
- of
- Queen
- Victoria
- in
- 1901
- to
- the
- dawn
- of
- the
- cold
- war
- in
- the
- early
- 1950s.
- He
- offers
- riveting
- accounts
- of
- the
- savagery
- of
- World
- War
- I
- and
- the
- world-altering
- upheaval
- of
- the
- Communist
- Revolution.
- He
- explains
- Britain's
- role
- in
- shaping
- the
- destiny
- of
- the
- Middle
- East.
- And
- he
- casts
- a
- bright
- new
- light
- on
- the
- World
- War
- II
- years:
- Britain
- played
- a
- central
- role
- in
- defeating
- Germany
- but
- at
- a
- severe
- cost.
- The
- nation
- would
- emerge
- from
- the
- war
- bankrupt
- and
- fatally
- weakened,
- sidelined
- from
- world
- politics,
- while
- America
- would
- assume
- the
- mantle
- of
- dominant
- world
- power,
- facing
- off
- against
- the
- Soviet
- Union
- in
- the
- cold
- war.
- Wilson's
- perspective
- is
- not
- confined
- to
- the
- trenches
- of
- the
- battlefield
- and
- the
- halls
- of
- parliament:
- he
- also
- examines
- the
- parallel
- story
- of
- the
- beginnings
- of
- Modernism-he
- visits
- the
- novelists,
- philosophers,
- poets,
- and
- painters
- to
- see
- what
- they
- reveal
- about
- the
- activities
- of
- the
- politicians,
- scientists,
- and
- generals.Blending
- military,
- political,
- social,
- and
- cultural
- history
- of
- the
- most
- dramatic
- kind,
- A.N.
- Wilson
- offers
- an
- absorbing
- portrait
- of
- the
- decline
- of
- one
- of
- the
- world's
- great
- powers.
- The
- result
- is
- a
- fresh
- account
- of
- the
- birth
- pangs
- of
- the
- modern
- world,
- as
- well
- as
- a
- timely
- analysis
- of
- imperialism
- and
- its discontents.
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