That is how quickly the mantle of global leadership can fall in the absence of sound economic and other policies at home and abroad. Those lessons beckon today for Britain, and America, too. In the ...

A new history of empire is far too British. In Why Empires Fall: Rome, America, and the Future of the West, Peter Heather and John Rapley set themselves to an all-too-familiar task, drawing ...

During Queen Elizabeth II's 70-year reign, she saw the rapid decline of the British Empire and was monarch to 15 of the 56 member states of the Commonwealth. U.S. World ...

Queen Elizabeth II died on Thursday peacefully at home in Scotland after a remarkable 70-year reign. We cannot talk about the British monarchy without confronting the colonial horrors of this period.

Tristram Hunt, a British Labour MP, histor­ian and author, has taken 10 representative cities and told the story of imperial rise and decline through them. The account of each place is centred on ...

Pt.1 -- The empire beyond the storm, 1770-1776 -- Pt. 2: -- A summary of the series -- Pt. 3: Historiography -- Ireland and the American rebellion -- Mediterranean outposts -- India and the United ...