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Losing America, Securing an Empire : The Rise of British Global Power in the Late 18th Century, Paperback / softback Book

Losing America, Securing an Empire : The Rise of British Global Power in the Late 18th Century Paperback / softback

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The American Revolution is universally seen as a colossal defeat of the powerful British Empire by colonial rebels.

Yet the British emerged from the conflict in better shape than the newly independent United States.

After the revolution became a global conflict with the entry of France, Spain and later the Netherlands on the American side, Britain's desire to maintain prestige in Europe through dominance of her many colonies—particularly the West Indies and India—was the driving force behind British strategy.

Military victories late in the war, along with retention of the rest of the empire, allowed Britain to remain a significant power.

This history explores the view that Great Britain did not really "lose" the Revolutionary War.

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