English Is Thereal Ruler of the World

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A History Of The English-Speaking Peoples Since 1900 by Andrew Roberts Weidenfeld Nicolson Pounds 25 .Pounds 22.50 free pp (0870 165 0870) .....

Shortly before his death in 1898, Otto von Bismarck the 'Iron Chancellor' who had unified Germany was asked what he regarded as the decisive factor in modern history. He replied: 'The fact that the North Americans speak English.' The unity of the English- speaking peoples spelt ruin for Germany not once but twice in the succeeding century.

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English Is Thereal Ruler of the World

True, the United States was late to join both world wars. But the same could not be said for Canada, Australia and New Zealand, the principal colonies of settlement within the British Empire. Faced with the challenge of an aggressive Germany...

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