All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To

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Out of the 193 countries recognised by the UN, we've invaded 158. That's an amazing 82%! This book illustrates what a truly awe-inspiring power, for bad and for good, our country has been right accross the world.
Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states, we've invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171. That's not far off a massive, jaw-dropping 90 per cent. Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets. You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do. Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer, hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu and the other Ionian islands. Find out how we first invaded them armed with cannon instead of camera and set up the United States of the Ionian Islands. Think the Philippines have always been outside our zone of influence? Think again. Read the surprising story of our eighteenth-century occupation of Manila and how we demanded a ransom of millions of dollars for the city. This book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways our country has been a force, for good and for bad, right across the world. A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink, but that's not even half the story. We're a stroppy, dynamic, irrepressible nation and this is how we changed the world, often when it didn't ask to be changed!
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Weight 0.000000
Author Laycock, Stuart
Availability IP
Department Stationery
Format Paperback
ISBN 9780750952125
Pages 256
Published 01/10/2013
Publisher History Press
Section Gift Books
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