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Pax Britannica Ruling the Waves and Keeping the Peace before Armageddon

Pax Britannica Ruling the Waves and Keeping the Peace before Armageddon

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This book by world-expert Barry Gough examines the period of Pax Britannica , in the century before World War I. Following events of those 100 years, the book follows how the British failed to maintain their global hegemony of sea power in the face of continental challenges.

Keywords

HistoryEuropeGreat BritainPolitical ScienceImperialismWorldMilitaryModernColonialism & Post-Colonialism

2014Book

Author(s)Barry M. Gough

PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK

ISBN9780230354302

LanguageEnglish

SpringerLink Book

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