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The Cousins' Wars - Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America (Paperback, Revised)
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The Cousins' Wars - Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America (Paperback, Revised)
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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 hegemonic grip on
the world today, while no other European power,Spain, France,
Germany, or Russia,did? The answer to this, according to Phillips,
lies in a close examination of three internecine English-speaking
civil wars,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
alliances were hammered out between the English-speaking
cousin-nations, setting them on a unique two-track path toward
world leadership,one aristocratic and aloof to dominate the
imperial nineteenth century and the other more egalitarian and
democratic to take over in the twentieth century. They also
functioned as unfortunate and deadly cultural crucibles for African
Americans, Native Americans, and the Irish.Phillips's analysis
shows exactly how these conflicts are inextricably linked and how
they seeded each other. He offers often surprising interpretations
that cut across the political spectrum,for instance, that the
Constitution of the United States, while brilliant in many
respects, was also a fatally flawed political compromise that
contributed mightily in setting the stage for the final,and the
bloodiest,cousins' war: the American Civil War.With the new
millennium upon us and triggering widespread assessment of our
nation's place in world history, The Cousins' Wars provides just
the kind of magisterial sweep and revisionist spark to ignite
widespread interest and debate. This grand religious, military, and
political epic is the multi-dimensional story of the triumph of
Anglo-America.
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