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Loading... After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires, 1400-2000 (2008)by John Darwin
  
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 Referring to the breakdown that occurred during the interwar period, Darwin observes: ‘The appropriate imagery is not of rivers or tides, but of earthquakes and floods.’ One cannot help wondering what upheavals are in store for us. After reading this masterpiece of historical writing, one thing is clear. The world has not seen the last empire. Darwin has provided an ambitious, monumental and convincing reminder that empires are the rule, not the exception, in world history. What their passage has meant - and will continue to mean - for the people who live within them remains for others to explore. But of their persistence, their variety and their global power, this book leaves no doubt. Awards
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HTML: Tamerlane, the Ottomans, the Mughals, the Manchus, the British, the Japanese, the Nazis, and the Soviets: All built empires meant to last forever; all were to fail. But, as John Darwin shows in this magisterial book, their empire-building created the world we know today. From the death of Tamerlane in 1405, to America's rise to world "hyperpower," to the resurgence of China and India as global economic powers, After Tamerlane is a grand historical narrative that offers a new perspective on the past, present, and future of empires. .No library descriptions found. |
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