A review by dcunning11235
The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 by Piers Brendon
4.0
This book was dense. I liked it, but it took me 2+ months to read it (granted, with much else going on).
It's definitely one of those books written from the stance that there are no good guys in history. Well, people that do good, but... Eh.
Very interesting; while the US has never had the colonial reach of GB, there are definitely some parallels (some). In that thread, it is interesting to become aware of ones own thinking following earlier reflections re: The decline of Romam Empire --> The decline of the British Empire --> The decline of the US... Hegemony.
But dense!
It's definitely one of those books written from the stance that there are no good guys in history. Well, people that do good, but... Eh.
Very interesting; while the US has never had the colonial reach of GB, there are definitely some parallels (some). In that thread, it is interesting to become aware of ones own thinking following earlier reflections re: The decline of Romam Empire --> The decline of the British Empire --> The decline of the US... Hegemony.
But dense!