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Название книги: 1862
Автор(ы): Robert Conroy
Жанр: Альтернативная история
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/1862-152194.html
Copyright © 2006 by Robert Conroy
INTRODUCTION
“YOU MAY STAND for this, but damned if I will” snarled an outraged Lord Palmerston: prime minister of England, to his cabinet in late 1861. He was referring to the Trent Incident, and while not quite a declaration of war, his statement showed the depths of his and England's anger.Today we are almost blinded to past realities by the so-called Special Relationship between the United States and Great Britain. We have fought side by side in two world wars and numerous other actions. England is the closest thing we have to a friend in the world. It was not, however, always so. We fought England twice and nearly came to blows on several other occasions. England in the nineteenth century saw us as an upstart and a rival. Our government frightened her. Democracy as we practiced it was raw and brawling in the eyes of the British ruling class. They feared the British lower classes would be infected by the contagion.Thus, the possibility of England entering the war on the side of th
Название книги: 1862
Автор(ы): Robert Conroy
Жанр: Альтернативная история
Адрес книги: http://www.6lib.ru/books/1862-152194.html
Copyright © 2006 by Robert Conroy
INTRODUCTION
“YOU MAY STAND for this, but damned if I will” snarled an outraged Lord Palmerston: prime minister of England, to his cabinet in late 1861. He was referring to the Trent Incident, and while not quite a declaration of war, his statement showed the depths of his and England's anger.Today we are almost blinded to past realities by the so-called Special Relationship between the United States and Great Britain. We have fought side by side in two world wars and numerous other actions. England is the closest thing we have to a friend in the world. It was not, however, always so. We fought England twice and nearly came to blows on several other occasions. England in the nineteenth century saw us as an upstart and a rival. Our government frightened her. Democracy as we practiced it was raw and brawling in the eyes of the British ruling class. They feared the British lower classes would be infected by the contagion.Thus, the possibility of England entering the war on the side of th
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