The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Commonwealth of Nations |
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A more positive danger lay in the possible capture and exploitation of these bases and stocks of coal by an enemy power . In 1875 the Admiralty asked the War Office to investigate the whole problem , thus linking the idea of defence of ...
A more positive danger lay in the possible capture and exploitation of these bases and stocks of coal by an enemy power . In 1875 the Admiralty asked the War Office to investigate the whole problem , thus linking the idea of defence of ...
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More important still , Russia's withdrawal , while removing the immediate danger to Great Britain at the Straits and thus reducing one source of pressure on Salisbury that Bismarck had found most useful , had produced a set - back in ...
More important still , Russia's withdrawal , while removing the immediate danger to Great Britain at the Straits and thus reducing one source of pressure on Salisbury that Bismarck had found most useful , had produced a set - back in ...
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In the same way , though " France is England's greatest enemy , that danger is dormant so long as the present strained relations exist between France and her two eastern neighbours " . In his determination to defend British interests ...
In the same way , though " France is England's greatest enemy , that danger is dormant so long as the present strained relations exist between France and her two eastern neighbours " . In his determination to defend British interests ...
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Contents
CHAPTER I | 1 |
Dual character of the Empire by 1870 | 11 |
CHAPTER II | 17 |
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 3 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | The University Press, 1929 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 3 Feb 2009 |
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