Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present

At its height, the British Empire governed over a quarter of the human race and more than a fifth of the globe. While it gave the English profits and purpose, it also represented arbitrary power, gunboat diplomacy, and the disruption of ancient customs and governments. A highly acclaimed single-volume study of the most influential imperial enterprise of the modern era. ".indispensable."--John Keegan. ".excellent.cannot be faulted.comes to balanced and sensible conclusions.an admirable chronology."--The Times. "Wonderfully ambitious.attractive survey."--The London Review of Books.