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All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To Kindle Edition
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!
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherThe History Press
- Publication dateFebruary 29, 2012
- File size10.1 MB
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About the Author
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.
Product details
- ASIN : B009UV5PT6
- Publisher : The History Press
- Accessibility : Learn more
- Publication date : February 29, 2012
- Language : English
- File size : 10.1 MB
- Screen Reader : Supported
- Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
- X-Ray : Not Enabled
- Word Wise : Enabled
- Print length : 366 pages
- ISBN-13 : 978-0752483351
- Page Flip : Enabled
- Best Sellers Rank: #1,578,667 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store)
- #348 in History of Ireland
- #2,169 in History of United Kingdom
- #4,931 in Great Britain History (Books)
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