God and gold : Britain, America, and the making of the modern world

For four hundred years, Britain, America and their allies have dominated the world both militarily and economically. They have won the wars - the hot wars, the cold wars and the trade wars - time and again; and yet the battle for hearts and minds has proved far harder to win. In God and Gold, Walter Russell Mead examines why this has been the case and what the overwhelming ascendancy and concentration of power in the hands of 'les Anglo-Saxons' has meant for the direction of world history. In so doing, he sheds scintillating new light on the current political, economic and cultural climat.;Cover; Title Page; Copyright page; Dedication page; Contents; Preface to the UK edition; Introduction; Strong and Wrong; The Walrus and the Carpenter; The Dread and Envy of Them All; Anglo-Saxon Attitudes; What Hath God Wrought?; The Lessons of History; Conclusion; Part One: The Walrus and the Carpenter; One: With God on Our Side; Two: On the Beach; The Trueborn Englishman; Horsa and Hengist; Three: How They Hate Us; The World of the Waspophobe; The Long War; Part Two: The Dread and Envy of Them All; Four: The Protocols of the Elders of Greenwich; "I Have Always Honored the King of Spain." Cover Title Page Copyright page Dedication page Contents Preface to the UK edition Introduction Strong and Wrong The Walrus and the Carpenter The Dread and Envy of Them All Anglo-Saxon Attitudes What Hath God Wrought? The Lessons of History Conclusion Part One: The Walrus and the Carpenter One: With God on Our Side Two: On the Beach The Trueborn Englishman Horsa and Hengist Three: How They Hate Us The World of the Waspophobe The Long War Part Two: The Dread and Envy of Them All Four: The Protocols of the Elders of Greenwich "I Have Always Honored the King of Spain." Westward the CourseFive: French Toast The Great Antagonist Six: The World Was Their Oyster The Great Diaspora The Other British Empire The Invisible Empire Seven: The Sinews of Power Private Credit Consumer Credit The Bank of America Eight: The Playing Fields of Eton To Pepsi from Pepys The Travel Revolution Information Popular Culture Occam's Razor A League of Their Own Nine: Goldilocks and the West How Did She Do It? Getting It Right Part Three: Anglo-Saxon Attitudes Ten: The Wasps and the Bees Eleven: The Vicar and the Dynamo Things Fall Apart Twelve: Doxy v. Doxy. Thirteen: The White QueenDynamic Religion, Dynamic Society Fourteen: Called to the Bar The Call of Abraham Fifteen: The Gyroscope and the Pyramid The Transformation of Tradition The Renewal of Revelation The Rise and Fall of Reason The Trumpet Sounds Retreat Moving Forward, Looking Back Part Four: What Hath God Wrought? Sixteen: The Meaning of History The Father of History The Fourth Faith Seventeen: War on History Modern History War on History Eighteen: The Golden Meme The Invisible Hand Whig History The Chosen People Nineteen: Whig Babylon Different Rules Culture Clash. Part Five: The Lessons of HistoryTwenty: The Future of Sea Power America in Decline? "How to Be Topp" The Five-Point Plan Twenty-one: Dancing with Ghosts The Cattle Killing Crisis of Civilizations Twenty-two: The Diplomacy of Civilizations Twenty-three: The Meaning of It All The Permanent Revolution Acknowledgments Notes Index. Economist Books of the Year, 2007 Financial Times Books of the Year, 2007 God and Goldis a brilliantly stimulating and provocative look at why, for over 300 years, the Anglo-Saxon powers have dominated the world economically and militarily. For four hundred years, Britain, America and their allies have dominated the world both militarily and economically. They have won the wars - the hot wars, the cold wars and the trade wars - time and again; and yet the battle for hearts and minds has proved far harder to win. In God and Gold, Walter Russell Mead examines why this has been the case and what the overwhelming ascendancy and concentration of power in the hands of 'les Anglo-Saxons' has meant for the direction of world history. In so doing, he sheds scintillating new light on the current political, economic and cultural climate, and suggests where we might be heading from here.

For four hundred years, Britain, America and their allies have dominated the world both militarily and economically. They have won the wars - the hot wars, the cold wars and the trade wars - time and again; and yet the battle for hearts and minds has proved far harder to win. In God and Gold, Walter Russell Mead examines why this has been the case and what the overwhelming ascendancy and concentration of power in the hands of 'les Anglo-Saxons' has meant for the direction of world history. In so doing, he sheds scintillating new light on the current political, economic and cultural climate, and suggests where we might be heading from here.

Argues that the most important story in world history in the last 400 years is the birth, rise and dominance of a global political and economic system resting first on the power of Britain and now on the United States. This work explores why that system rose to dominate the world and where this global system is taking us "An illuminating account of the birth, the rise, and the continuing rise, of a global political and economic system that rested first on the power of Britain and rests today on that of the United States--and now faces a new set of formidable challenges"--Provided by publisher. The author argues that the most important story in world history in the last 400 years is the birth, rise and dominance of a truly global system of culture, politics, production and trade resting first on the power of Britain and now on the United States God and Gold is a brilliantly stimulating and provocative look at why, for over 300 years, the Anglo-Saxon powers have dominated the world economically and militarily.