The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America

Submitted by FHMaster on Mon, 01/09/2017 - 19:17

"The question at the heart of The Cousins’ Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a hegemonic grip on the world today, while no other European power—Spain, France, Germany, or Russia—did? The answer to this, according to Phillips, lies in a close examination of three internecine English-speaking civil wars—the English Civil War, the American Revolution, and the American Civil War.