Imperial Legacies - by Jeremy Black (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"Britain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are in part criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries are castigated. A wide ranging and vigorous assault on political correctness, it's language, misuse of the past, and grasping of both present and future"--<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Britain yesterday; America today. <p/> The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian and commentator Jeremy Black shows how criticisms of the legacy of the British Empire are, in part, criticisms of the reality of American power today. He emphasizes the prominence of imperial rule in history and in the world today, and the selective way in which certain countries are castigated. <i>Imperial Legacies</i> is a wide-ranging and vigorous assault on political correctness, its language, misuse of the past, and grasping of both present and future.<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>Jeremy Black is Established Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Graduating from Cambridge with a starred first, he did postgraduate work at Oxford and then taught at Durham, eventually as professor, before moving to Exeter in 1996. He has lectured extensively in Australia, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, and the United States, where he has held visiting chairs at West Point, Texas Christian University, and Stillman College. He was appointed to the Order of Membership of the British Empire for services to stamp design. <p/> He is, or has been, on a number of editorial boards, including the <i>Journal of Military History</i>, the <i>Journal of the Royal United Services Institute</i>, and <i>History Today</i> and was editor of <i>Archives</i>. His books include <i>The British Seaborne Empire</i>, <i>Contesting History</i> and <i>Rethinking World War Two</i>.
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