God and gold
Subtitle: Britain, America, and the making of the modern world
By: Walter Russell Mead
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 449
ISBN-13: 9780375414039
Subjects: Foreign public opinion; Politischer Wandel; American influences; Modern Civilization; Great powers; Vorherrschaft; World politics; British influences; Au enpolitik; History; Wirtschaftsentwicklung; Foreign relations; Economic history
Description: "An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United States--and now faces a new set of formidable challenges"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 419-430) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part one: The walrus and the carpenter. With God on our side; title: On the beach; title: How they hate us; title: Part two: The dread and envy of them all. The protocols of the elders of Greenwich; title: French toast; title: The world was their oyster; title: The sinews of power; title: The playing fields of Eton; title: Goldilocks and the West; title: Part three: Anglo-Saxon attitudes. The wasps and the bees; title: The vicar and the dynamo; title: Doxy v. Doxy; title: The White queen; title: Called to the bar; title: The gyroscope and the pyramd; title: Part four: What hath God wrought? The meaning of history; title: War on history; title: The golden meme; title: Whig Babylon; title: Part five: The lessons of history. The future of sea power; title: Dancing with ghosts; title: The diplomacy of civilizations; title: The meaning of it all.