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In the eighteenth century, Britain became a world superpower through a series of sensational military strikes. Traditionally, the Royal Navy has been seen as Britain's key weapon, but in Three Victories and a Defeat Brendan Simms argues that Britain's true strength lay with the German aristocrats who ruled it at the time. The House of Hanover superbly managed a complex series of European alliances that enabled Britain to keep the continental balance of power in check while dramatically expanding her own empire. These alliances sustained the nation through the War of the Spanish Succession, the War of the Austrian Succession, and the Seven Years' War. But in 1776, Britain lost the American continent by alienating her European allies.

An extraordinary reinterpretation of British and American history, Three Victories and a Defeat is a masterwork by a rising star of the historical profession.

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  • Title Three Victories and a Defeat: The Rise and Fall of the First British Empire
  • Author Brendan Simms
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition 1st
  • Pages 800
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Basic Books, New York
  • Publication date 2008-12-08
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780465013326 / 0465013325
  • Weight 2.82 lbs (1.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.9 x 2.2 in (22.86 x 17.53 x 5.59 cm)
  • Age range 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 18th Century
    • Cultural Region: British
  • Category History - General History
  • Library of Congress subjects Great Britain - History - 1714-1837, Great Britain - Colonies - History - 18th
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2008930854
  • Dewey Decimal Code 941.07

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Citations

  • Booklist, 01/01/2009, Page 41
  • Choice, 12/01/2009, Page 0
  • Chronicle of Higher Education, 01/16/2009, Page 14
  • Library Journal, 02/01/2009, Page 81
  • Publishers Weekly, 11/03/2008, Page 52
  • Reference and Research Bk News, 02/01/2010, Page 40

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Brendan Simms is a professor in the History of International Relations and fellow at Peterhouse College, Cambridge. He is the author of eight previous books, including The Longest Afternoon: The 400 Men Who Decided the Battle of Waterloo and Europe: The Struggle for Supremacy, from 1453 to the Present, shortlisted for the Lionel Gelber Prize. He lives in Cambridge, UK.
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