Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power by Niall Ferguson

Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power

Niall Ferguson

424 pages first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction economics history politics challenging informative medium-paced
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The British Empire was the largest in all history, its reach the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved. By the eve of the Second World War, over a fifth of the world's land surface and nearly a quarter of the world's population were unde...

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