A history of the English-speaking peoples since 1900 / Andrew Roberts.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 668-691) and index.

Introduction : a portrait of the English-speaking peoples at the dawn of the twentieth century -- 1. Shouldering 'the white man's burden' : 1900-4 -- 2. America arrives : 1905-14 -- 3. The first assault : Prussian militarism 1914-17 -- 4. Peace guilt : 1918-19 -- 5. American energy : 1920-9 -- 6. Capitalism at bay : 1929-31 -- 7. The second assault : Fascist aggression 1931-9 -- 8. Divided and faltering : 1939-41 -- 9. United and conquering : 1942-4 -- 10. Normandy to Nagasaki : 1944-5 -- 11. The third assault : Soviet communism 1945-9 -- 12. Cold War perils : the 1950s -- 13. Civis Americanus Sum : the 1960s -- 14. The long, dismal, drawling tides : the 1970s -- 15. Attritional victory : the 1980s -- 16. The wasted breathing space : 1990-11 September 2001 -- 17. The fourth assault : Islamicist terrorism and its De Facto allies : 11 September 2001-15 December 2005.

inston Churchill's History of the English-Speaking Peoples, in four volumes, ended in 1900. Andrew Roberts, Wolfson History prizewinner and superb narrative historian, has been inspired by Churchill's example to write the story of the 20th century..
In his preface Churchill wrote: 'Every nation or group of nations has its own tale to tell. Knowledge of the trials and struggles is necessary to all who would comprehend the problems, perils, challenges, and opportunities which confront us today ¿It is in the hope that contemplation of the trials and tribulations of our forefathers may not only fortify the English-speaking peoples of today, but also play some small part in uniting the whole world, that I present this account.'
As the greatest of all the trials and tribulations of the English-speaking peoples took place in the twentieth century, Roberts' book covers the four world-historical struggles in which the English-speaking peoples have been engaged - the wars against German Nationalism, Axis Fascism, Soviet Communism and now the War against Terror.
But just as Churchill did in his four volumes, Roberts also deals with the cultural, social and political history of the English global diaspora - comprising the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and the West Indies. Keeping to Churchill's definition it does not cover India, where there are 180 languages of which English is only that of the elite. But India's story overlaps with that of Britain and is fully dealt with in that context. - Google Books