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Imperial Sunset

By: Alfred A. Knopf

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Alfred A. Knopf)


Product Info

Title
Imperial Sunset
Publisher
Category
Author
Max Beloff
Publish Year
1970
Pages
388
Dimensions
6.25x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2147870717
Type
Hardcover

Description

With the decision in 1961 to apply for membership in the European Economic Community, or 'Common Market,' Britain set the stage for a fundamental choice between the Commonwealth and Europe. How this turning point was reached is the subject of Max Beloff's monumental study of the liquidation of Britain's overseas empire and her increasing concern with European affairs.

This first volume - complete in itself and subtitled Britain's Liberal Empire, 1897-1921 - considers her retreat from the time of her greatest imperial hegemony through the peace settlements following the First World War.