The rise of the U.S. empire overlapped with the decline of the British empire. The Soviet Union represented limited political and military challenges, but never any serious economic competition or ...

In the British Empire, this was done using a lot of force and violence when local people did not cooperate with the merchants. who wanted to sail to Asia and trade goods they could sell back in ...

The happenings in the United States of America since Trump assumed the presidency have been more disturbing than what I had cited in my February column.

This course will bring you back down to earth. It offers a unique and scholarly history of the complexity of the British Empire through its origins, rise, fall and legacy. No subject is off limit. Its ...