Empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power item preview empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power by ferguson niall publication date 2004 topics civilization modern imperialism publisher new york basic books collection inlibrary printdisabled internetarchivebooks toronto digitizing . Empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power ferguson niall on amazoncom free shipping on qualifying offers empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power. Doi 102307 20033715 corpus id 159939811 empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power inproceedingsferguson2003empiretr titleempire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power authorn ferguson year2003 . Empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power niall ferguson basic books apr 14 2004 history 351 pages 4 reviews annotation the british empire was the largest in all history the nearest thing to world domination ever achieved by the eve of world war ii around a quarter of the worlds land surface was under some form of british rule yet . This morning we are pleased to have with us niall ferguson the author of empire the rise and demise of the british world order and the lessons for global power every now and then a book or an author comes along causing a sensation for our discussion this morning we have not only a book whose ideas have created excitement on both sides of the atlantic but the author of this eloquently