Lord North: The Prime Minister Who Lost America - Hardcover

Whiteley, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1852851457 ISBN 13: 9781852851453

Verlag: Continnuum-3PL, 1996

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Book by Whiteley Peter

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"the best book on North to date" --J.C.D. Clark

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Lord North was in many ways a most successful politician. Prime Minister for an unbroken 12 years, his management of both parliament and of the business of government was adept. He enjoyed the confidence of King George III, not always an easy political ally, avoided factional strife (having no political following of his own), was notably uncorrupt and made virtually no enemies. In many ways he epitomizes the political outlook and aristocratic assumptions of the 18th century. He is, however, principally remembered for presiding over Britain's loss of her colonies. This is an account of his life. It includes a full study of the American War of Independence, examining it from the perspective of the British government as well as from the colonial standpoint. No senior politician had visited America and few had a proper knowledge or understanding of Americans. Too often the colonists were regarded as unruly and ungrateful children, with whom compromise was either a sign of weakness or the betrayal of the principle of parliamentary sovereignty. High-mindedness contributed to the final humiliation, as did ignorant over-confidence. Military defeat, to a country that become preeminent in Europe by the end of the Seven Years War, was not entertained as a possibility.

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• Verlag: Continnuum-3PL
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1852851457
• ISBN 13: 9781852851453
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304