20th century
A01=Anne Orde
America
Author_Anne Orde
bibliography
Britain
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event
Great Britain
knowledge
peace
settlement
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twentieth century
USA
Product details
- ISBN 9780333662847
- Weight: 368g
- Dimensions: 140 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 18 Sep 1996
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The decline of Great Britain as a world power was the result of long-term economic change and two world wars. Except in a few areas, American authorities did not set out to supplant Britain: indeed until the Second World War they were hesitant about the use of power. But when they embraced it, a variety of factors ensured that it was Britain's place that was taken. This book offers an authoritative analysis of the stages of displacement and the complex feelings aroused by the process on both sides of the Atlantic. As such it describes a transfer of power which will surely be seen as one of the most fundamentally important events of the twentieth century.
