Title: The Cousins' Wars
First published: 1999
Description: The question at the heart of The Cousins' Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a cultural and linguistic hegemonic grip on the world today, while the other European powers - from Spain to Germany - did not.

The answer to this, according to Phillips, can be found in a close examination of the English-speaking people's three major internecine conflicts - the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War. These wars between cousins functioned as crucial anvils on which various religious, ethnic, and political alignments and successes were hammered out, setting Great Britain and America on a unique two-track path toward world leadership.
Subjects: Great Britain Civil War, 1642-1649, History, Politics and government, Politics and war, Religion and politics, Religious aspects, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Religion and politics -- United States -- History, États-Unis, Guerra civil, Aspect religieux, Sezessionskrieg, Religious aspects of war, Amerikaanse burgeroorlog, Religion et politique, Godsdienst, Unabhängigkeitskrieg, Histoire, Politique et guerre, Engelse Burgeroorlog, Politique et gouvernement, Amerikaanse Vrijheidsoorlog, História dos estados unidos, Nordamerikanischer Unabhängigkeitskrieg, United states, religion, 20th century, United states, politics and government, 1993-2001, Caucasian race, United states, history
Places: Great Britain, United States
Time periods: 1642-1649, 1775-1783, 1861-1865, Civil War, 1642-1649, Civil War, 1861-1865, Revolution, 1775-1783
LC classification: E209 .P48 1999