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 ...

In February of 1942, The Empire of Japan captured the British stronghold of Singapore, an important economic port in South–East Asia, which marked the largest British surrender in its history.

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 ...