Wer viel durch die Welt reist, kann hier nachschlagen, was Britain früher in dem Land gemacht hat und begreift, dass fast überall "Great Britain", was ja nicht umsonst so heißt, schon mal da war. Auch in Südamerika, z.B. Peru, wurde der eine oder andere Krieg geführt.
Nach den Römern ist mit England der Imperialismus-Begriff verbunden. Im Englischen Imperium ging bekanntlich die Sonne nie unter.
Ein relativ positiver Teil der britischen Kolonialisation war, dass sie den Einheimischen ihre Religion ließen, also, religiös leidenschaftslos, nicht aus Tempeln Kirchen bauten wie die katholischen Kollegen. Angesichts der historischen Gegebenheiten bleibt nur noch Selbstironie zur nachträglichen Beurteilung. Inzwischen liegt "Great Britain" auf einer mittelgroßen Insel im kalten Nordmeer und plagt sich mit den Folgen des Kolonialismus ab, - der Rest ist history. Zur Reiselektüre.
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All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To Gebundene Ausgabe – 1. November 2012
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Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, we've invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That's not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 per cent. Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do. Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer, hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu and the other Ionian islands. Find out how we first invaded them armed with cannon instead of camera and set up the United States of the Ionian Islands. Think the Philippines have always been outside our zone of influence? Think again. Read the surprising story of our eighteenth-century occupation of Manila and how we demanded a ransom of millions of dollars for the city. This book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways our country has been a force, for good and for bad, right across the world. A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink, but that's not even half the story. We're a stroppy, dynamic, irrepressible nation and this is how we changed the world, often when it didn't ask to be changed!
- Seitenzahl der Print-Ausgabe251 Seiten
- SpracheEnglisch
- HerausgeberThe History Press Ltd
- Erscheinungstermin1. November 2012
- Abmessungen12.7 x 2.54 x 20.32 cm
- ISBN-100752479695
- ISBN-13978-0752479699
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Stuart Laycock is an author and historian. He has written many successful history books including Britannia: The Failed State, Warlords: The Struggle for Power in Post-Roman Britain, and UnRoman Britain: Exposing the Myth of Britannia.
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- Abmessungen : 12.7 x 2.54 x 20.32 cm
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Rezension aus Deutschland vom 2. Dezember 2021
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Great book.
Rezension aus Deutschland vom 2. Mai 2014
This book is not too serious and is by no means comprehensive, although the author says that anybody who wishes to read about specific episodes should look elsewhere. His intention is to provide a basic overview, while reminding those who want to look further about roughly what happened and when. He looks at every country recognized by the UK as a sovereign territory and thereby excludes internal conflicts within constituent members of the current UK - so you won't find Bannockburn mentioned at all. At least that means that some other Anglo-Scottish conflicts that I don't like being reminded about don't get mentioned either :-) Unfortunately, the author's definition also means that British overseas territories that used to be called Crown colonies are not listed either. Gibraltar gets a passing mention in the piece about Spain, but there is no mention about how Britain came to acquire (for example), the Falkland Islands or St Helena.
I liked the piece about the Pig War of 1859, which appears to have been the last military conflict between Britain and America. involving some disputed islands between Vancouver and the American mainland. There has been one more British invasion of America since then, and it happened in 1964. Because it was peaceful, the author presumably regards it as outside the scope of this book.
One point I strongly protest about is the author's comment about the Spanish Armada nearly invading Britain in 1588, before he went on to discuss all the conflicts that involved Britain attacking Spain. The Armada didn't even come close to invading. Yes, they sent their ships with that intention, but they never came close to their objective.
Anyway, this is basically a fun book (insofar as it is possible to regard military conflicts that way) and is a reminder of just why Britain is hated by so many people around the world. At least relations between Britain and America have been transformed since the last serious conflicts ended in 1815 - the Pig War wasn't too serious. It would be nice to think that the British-American example could set a precedent, but in the process of becoming friendly with Britain, America has made enemies of some of Britain's other traditional enemies. Perhaps it's not such a good example after all :-)
I liked the piece about the Pig War of 1859, which appears to have been the last military conflict between Britain and America. involving some disputed islands between Vancouver and the American mainland. There has been one more British invasion of America since then, and it happened in 1964. Because it was peaceful, the author presumably regards it as outside the scope of this book.
One point I strongly protest about is the author's comment about the Spanish Armada nearly invading Britain in 1588, before he went on to discuss all the conflicts that involved Britain attacking Spain. The Armada didn't even come close to invading. Yes, they sent their ships with that intention, but they never came close to their objective.
Anyway, this is basically a fun book (insofar as it is possible to regard military conflicts that way) and is a reminder of just why Britain is hated by so many people around the world. At least relations between Britain and America have been transformed since the last serious conflicts ended in 1815 - the Pig War wasn't too serious. It would be nice to think that the British-American example could set a precedent, but in the process of becoming friendly with Britain, America has made enemies of some of Britain's other traditional enemies. Perhaps it's not such a good example after all :-)
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Larry
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Who would know
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 22. Januar 2020Verifizierter Kauf
Although not everything was politically correct and sometimes the reasons and results were a bit iffy, it still left me proud of my countries accomplishments.
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A really good, interesting and entertaining read.
There, I've said it.
A really good, interesting and entertaining read.
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Interesting but slow going.
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 3. November 2019Verifizierter Kauf
I don't think anyone could sit and read this from cover to cover. It goes through each country we 'invaded' alphabetically which is useful if you want to read about a specific country but it tends get a bit boring and samey after a while. Treat it as a reference book and it's ok.
Clements54
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Don’t read in the one go
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 22. März 2021Verifizierter Kauf
It is a very well researched book and I understand the author’s problem with fitting in so much. The probelem with books like these are the become repetitive if you try to read your way through it like a normal book.
The best way to do it is mabey read a country or 2 per day from this book so you can take in the information separately, I read the first 2 chapters too quick and cannot remember much information from them but taking on more now that I have spread it out.
The best way to do it is mabey read a country or 2 per day from this book so you can take in the information separately, I read the first 2 chapters too quick and cannot remember much information from them but taking on more now that I have spread it out.
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Interesting but could have been so much better
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 22. Februar 2013Verifizierter Kauf
This was an ambitious project, given the scope of the topic matter, and the author makes a good effort at realising it - I learnt a lot of fascinating stuff from reading this book. Many of the problems I encountered stem, I guess, from a hasty conversion to Kindle format, as the punctuation is a little haphazard and some dates are wrong, leading to some 'eh?' moments as I triedto resolve apparent time-travel paradoxes.
More dates generally would have been useful as it would have allowed me to gauge the timescales and therefore intensity of our involvement in some of the countries discussed. The author's research seems comprehensive but there are a few missed episodes which are brushed against but not covered properly, including the long period of service in Constantinople's Varangian Guard by Anglo-Saxon exiles in Turkey, followed by the establishment in the post-1066 colony of New England in the area between Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, granted as reward for this service by the Byzantines.
That said, this was an interesting and entertaining read marred slightly by some poor proofing, and I will retain this on my Kindle for reference purposes.
More dates generally would have been useful as it would have allowed me to gauge the timescales and therefore intensity of our involvement in some of the countries discussed. The author's research seems comprehensive but there are a few missed episodes which are brushed against but not covered properly, including the long period of service in Constantinople's Varangian Guard by Anglo-Saxon exiles in Turkey, followed by the establishment in the post-1066 colony of New England in the area between Georgia, Russia and Ukraine, granted as reward for this service by the Byzantines.
That said, this was an interesting and entertaining read marred slightly by some poor proofing, and I will retain this on my Kindle for reference purposes.
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Bookworm
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Proud to be British
Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 8. Februar 2017Verifizierter Kauf
My husband obviously had a "thing" this Xmas about being British - could it be because of Brexit ?? This is a hilarious book, well written and fun to read. I haven't read it yet but it had him in stitches and he did read me some anecdotes from it which were rather funny. Not so sure about the historical accuracy though !