Britain's Europe : a thousand years of conflict and cooperation
Simms, Brendan2017
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Britain has always had a tangled, complex, paradoxical role in Europe's history. It has invaded and been invaded, changed sides, stood aloof, acted with both brazen cynicism and the cloudiest idealism. Every century troops from the British isles have marched across the mainland in pursuit of a great complex of different goals, foremost among them the intertwined defence of parliamentary liberty in Britain and the 'Liberties of Europe'. Dynastically Britain has been closely linked to countries as varied as Spain, the Netherlands, Germany and France. In this bracing and highly enjoyable book, Brendan Simms describes the highlights and low-points in the Euro-British encounter, from the Dark Ages to the present.
Main title:
Britain's Europe : a thousand years of conflict and cooperation / Brendan Simms.
Author:
Simms, Brendan, author
Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, 2017.
Collation:
xvi, 302 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
Notes:
Originally published: 2016.Originally published: UK: Allen Lane, 2016."An Allen Lane book"--Back cover.Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:
9780141983905 (pbk)
Dewey class:
327.410409327.41
LC class:
DA30
Local class:
327.41
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1905601