The Great Democracies by Winston Churchill - Digital Edition

The fourth and final volume of Winston Churchill's monumental work A History of the English-Speaking Peoples.

The Rise of Democracy and World Powers

This essential work explores:

• The Victorian Era: Great Britain at the height of its power and influence
• The American Republic: The rise of the United States as a world power
• President Lincoln and the Civil War: The struggle to preserve the Union
• The Conquest of the West: American expansion and manifest destiny
• The British Empire: Colonial expansion in Africa and Asia
• German unification: Chancellor Bismarck and the rise of Germany
• Continental Europe: France, Austria-Hungary, Denmark and rising nationalisms
• Mastery of the seas: British naval supremacy and global trade

Winston Churchill, Nobel Prize in Literature and British statesman, delivers a masterful analysis of Western democratic institutions and the emergence of great powers. Essential reading for understanding the formation of the modern English-speaking world.

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