History of the British Isles 1714-2010

A political history of the modern era. It includes the glorious feats of the English sailors of the eighteenth century, the development of the astonishing British Empire, the long battles to defeat Napoleon and Hitler, and the Thatcherite revolution with all its colour and drama. It explains the true causes of the First World War, and why the country was not really saved by a couple of thousand pilots in the Battle of Britain in 1940. This latest version includes important new appendices on the American Civil War and the Foundation of Australia. Companion volume to History of the British Isles to 1714 AD