God and Gold: Britain, America, and the Making of the Modern WorldA stunningly insightful account of the global political and economic system, sustained first by Britain and now by America, that has created the modern world. The key to the two countries' predominance, Mead argues, lies in the individualistic ideology inherent in the Anglo-American religion. Over the years Britain and America's liberal democratic system has been repeatedly challeged—by Catholic Spain and Louis XIV, the Nazis, communists, and Al Qaeda—and for the most part, it has prevailed. But the current conflicts in the Middle East threaten to change that record unless we foster a deeper understanding of the conflicts between the liberal world system and its foes. |
Contents
Introduction | 3 |
With God on Our Side | 21 |
How They Hate Us | 54 |
Part Two The Dread and Envy of Them | 83 |
French Toast | 102 |
The World Was Their Oyster | 113 |
The Playing Fields of Eton | 145 |
The Wasps and the Bees | 191 |
The White Queen | 220 |
Called to the Bar | 234 |
The Gyroscope and the Pyramid | 248 |
The Meaning of History | 271 |
War on History | 285 |
The Future of Sea Power | 343 |
Dancing with Ghosts | 366 |
The Diplomacy of Civilizations | 386 |
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