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A History of the English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900
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by Andrew Roberts
Sales Rank: 211680
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Cover Type: Hard Cover with 752 pages
Published by: HarperCollins February 6, 2007
Written in: English
ISBN 10 Number: 0060875984
ISBN 13 Number: 978-0060875985
Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 6.1 x 2 inches
Weighs: 2.5 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
The English-speaking nations—America, Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies—are a "decent, honest, generous, fair-minded and self-sacrificing imperium" and "the last, best hope for Mankind," argues this jingoistic peroration. Roberts (Napoleon and Wellington) treats them as a political-cultural unity, thriving on respect for law and property, laissez-faire capitalism and the Protestant ethic, and standing together against Nazism, communism and Islamic terrorism. (Ireland is the black sheep—backward, unruly, pro-fascist and Catholic.) His rambling, disjointed survey celebrates their achievements in science, technology, sports and Big Macs, but the book is mainly an apologia for an allegedly benign Anglo-American imperialism. The author defends virtually every 20th-century British or American military adventure, from the conquest of the Philippines to the Vietnam War, finishing with a lengthy justification of the invasion of Iraq; his villains are domestic critics and leftist intellectuals whom he calls "appeasers" and who sap the English-speaking peoples' resolve by propagandizing for totalitarianism (also Mel Gibson, whose anti-British movies sabotage English-speaking peoples' solidarity). Roberts writes in a bluff, Tory style, mixing bombast with jocular Briticisms like a running leitmotif of whimsical geopolitical wagers placed at London clubs. Lively but unsystematic, sometimes insightful but always one-sided, this is less a history than a chest-thumping conservative polemic. 16 pages of black and white photos, 2 maps. (Feb. 6)
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From Booklist
Roberts has written a lengthy, ambitious, and interesting but flawed work intended as a sequel to Winston Churchill's A History of the English-Speaking Peoples,which ended with the death of Queen Victoria in 1901. Robert eschews straight narrative history. Instead, he provides a series of vignettes covering various topics that range across the English-speaking world. He offers descriptions of the Boer War in South Africa, the role of capitalism in promoting economic development, and the American-supported coup that overthrew the Allende government in Chile. Roberts strains to show the fundamental unity of English-speaking peoples. He is somewhat convincing when dealing with Britain, New Zealand, and Australia. When he includes the U.S., he often goes to ludicrous lengths to find commonality. For example, he equates American neoconservatives with Britain's "empire men" in their supposed desire to spread civilization. In conflicts from the Boer War to the American suppression of the Philippine insurrection, Roberts consistently sees only the purest motives of "Anglo-Saxons." Still, this is a useful, if slanted, look at some key events of the twentieth century. Jay Freeman
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Reader Reviews
Andrew Roberts' book is a brilliant rejection of the Zinn-Chomsky-Said meme that the West -- particularly, England and America -- are responsible for all the evils in the world, including, but not limited to, racism, imperialism, islamophobia, orientalism, et al ad nauseum. The record of history presents a different story from the squalid constructions of that school -- on the other hand, the greatest force for good and the improvement of mankind that this world has ever seen is the "Anglo American" model -- limited government, freedom of conscience, the rule of law, and most importantly, free enterprise. If what you're into is leftist self-flagellation and the idealization of failed states and incompetent cultures, this book is not for you. But if you'd like to see how, and why, England and America are and will forever be the beacons of hope to the planet -- and why we are being emulated by such great cultures as the Chinese, Japanese, and Indian -- then read this book.
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