Lord Churchill's coup
Subtitle: the Anglo-American empire and the Glorious Revolution reconsidered
By: Stephen Saunders Webb.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 399
Subjects: Marlborough, John Churchill, Duke of, 1650-1722; Imperialism -- History -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Colonies -- America -- History -- 17th century; Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714; Great Britain -- History, Military -- 1603-1714; Great Britain -- History -- Revolution of 1688
Description: In Lord Churchill's Coup, Stephen Saunders Webb further advances his revisionist interpretation of the British Empire in the seventeenth century.

Having earlier demonstrated that the Anglo-American empire was classic in its form, administered by an army, committed to territorial expansion, and motivated by a crusading religion, Webb now argues that both England and its American social experiments were the underdeveloped elements of an empire emerging on both sides of the Atlantic and that the pivotal moment of that empire, the so-called "Glorious Revolution," was in fact a military coup driven by religious fears.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-382) and index.