How Long to Read Crisis of the British Empire

How Long Does it Take to Read Crisis of the British Empire?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Crisis of the British Empire by David Nicholson

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In 1880 the British empire was at its peak of stability. no other people ¿ not rome,nor spain nor russia ¿ had spread their power so substantially over all fivecontinents. And yet within less than a century, the vast imperial system had crumbledleaving the Commonwealth as the mere ghost of its predecessor.in this groundbreaking new study, David nicholson asks if this decline wasinevitable, or ¿ had Britain¿s rulers taken different decisions, encouraged trendsor sought to prevent them ¿ whether the strength and cohesion of the empirecould have been maintained. He examines, in particular, a series of turning pointswhich he believes to have been crucial to this process: the failure to deal withirish Home rule; over-extension in Africa; the failure to adopt Tariff reform; theBritish inability to reach an accommodation with germany before the first WorldWar; the strategic and tactical mistakes of the great War culminating in overextensionin the Middle east and ignoring of warnings about a one-sided interpretationof the Balfour Declaration; the errors in the build-up to the secondWorld War and its opening phase, especially those leading to the break withJapan and italy. David nicholson traces the real damage done by the 1939-45 War,leading to the final collapse of British power in india, then the Middle east and finallyin Africa, as well as the weakening of the links with the ¿old Commonwealth¿.He asks, provocatively, if the empire had not failed would Britain havebeen so attracted by membership of the european Community.Crisis of the British Empire:Turning Points After 1880 is a significant contributionto imperial studies and should be required reading for anyone wishing tounderstand Britain¿s position in the world on the brink of Brexit.

How long is Crisis of the British Empire?

Crisis of the British Empire by David Nicholson is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Crisis of the British Empire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Crisis of the British Empire aloud.

What Reading Level is Crisis of the British Empire?

Crisis of the British Empire is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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