{"product_id":"to-lose-an-empire-jeremy-black-9781350216051","title":"To Lose an Empire: British Strategy and Foreign Policy, 1758-90","description":"Bringing strategy, foreign policy, domestic and imperial politics together, this book challenges the conventional understanding as to why the British Empire, at perhaps the height of its power, lost control of its American colonies. Critiquing the traditional emphasis on the value of alliance during the Seven Years' War, and the consequences of British isolation during the War of American Independence, Jeremy Black shows that this rests on a misleading understanding of the relationship between policy and strategy. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEncompassing both the Seven Years' War and the American War of Independence and grounded in archival research, this book considers a violent and contentious period which was crucial to the making of modern Britain and its role in the wider world. Offering a reinterpretation of British strategy and foreign policy throughout this time, \u003ci\u003eTo Lose an Empire\u003c\/i\u003e interweaves British domestic policy with diplomatic and colonial developments to show the impact this period and its events had on British strategy and foreign policy for years to come.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy Black\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350216054\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350216051\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/22\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.50d","brand":"Jeremy Black","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43944037122303,"sku":"9781350216051","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_15498cd3-72a0-4c55-b847-5fba820463f0.jpg?v=1681501427","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/to-lose-an-empire-jeremy-black-9781350216051","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}