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Title: The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America by Kevin P. Phillips ISBN: 0-465-01370-8 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: January, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.05 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Election 2000 is a Continuation of the Cousins' Wars
Comment: I read this marvelous book in September of this year. Along with the rest of the country, and the world, watched with fascination at the saga that was the Presidential Election. I also marveled at how closely the electoral map of 2000 matched many of the 18th and 19th Century maps used by Kevin Phillips in his book.
Having read this book has provided me with several intriguing angles on this contest, and its parallels throughout American History. Not simply to the election of 1876, but to the US Civil War, the Revolution, and even back to the English Civil War.
Not directly in terms of specific issues, of course. This past election wasn't really about issues. But to the extent that, culturally, there still exists a strong fault line between what Mr. Phillips would call Greater New England (New England, New York, Pennsylvania, the Great Lakes region, the Pacific Northwest and California) and the Greater South (essentially, everywhere else).
Does the above description ring any bells? Perhaps the states won by Bush and Gore? Hmmm....
This is only the most visible parallel. Although Phillips could not have foreseen the events of the last month, after reading this book, I for one have a greater respect for how deep and true the currents in English and American History have run, and how they continue to run still.
One last note: although this turns some of Phillips' analogies on their head, does anyone else think that the Democrats now run the risk of becoming America's Jacobites, bemoaning the loss of the "true" ruler to foul and illegal actions, while hoping and plotting for the Restoration?
Read the book.
Rating: 4
Summary: The emergence of two empires
Comment: I just completed Keven Phillips book The Cousins Wars and found it both fascinating and difficult reading. It was fascinating because it demonstrated the importance of religion, politics, sectarianism, and economics in shaping the history of both America and Great Britain. The author persuasively argues the interrelationships between the English Civil War of the 1640s, the American Revolution, and our Civil War. He explains who are the losers and who the winners in this march of history. I was especially moved and disturbed by the facts he presented vis-a-vis England and Ireland, the latter being one of the losers. Oliver Cromwell's invasion, the famine, the lack of English support for industrial growth in Ireland all allowed England to almost destroy the Irish people. Much of the motivation for this was religious--the fear of Popish plots and invasions by Catholic forces. Other losers were blacks and native Americans. The winners were those captains of industry who combined Yankee imperialism with religious ferver. It was difficult reading the book because of the many factions who shaped our history. It was like reading about the Balkans. There are so many nuances within a given group that at times it was hard to separate the good guys from the bad guys. All in all this is an excellent book which adds immensely to our understanding of the British Empire and now our own.
Rating: 5
Summary: A comprehensive account of the growth of two empires....
Comment: This book details the amazing parallels between British and American history as no other history book I have ever read has done. With a broad net that includes ethnic politics and religion, Kevin Phillips writes a great account of over 200 years of history on both sides of the Atlantic, detailing how the successive uprisings, the three "Cousins' Wars", were caused in large part by uprisings of Puritanism. A convincing and amazing book.
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Title: Wealth and Democracy : A Political History of the American Rich by Kevin Phillips ISBN: 0767905342 Publisher: Broadway Pub. Date: 08 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: American Dynasty: Aristocracy, Fortune, and the Politics of Deceit in the House of Bush by Kevin Phillips ISBN: 0670032646 Publisher: Viking Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2004 List Price(USD): $25.95 |
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Title: Arrogant Capital by Kevin Phillips ISBN: 0316706027 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Crucible of War : The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 by Fred Anderson ISBN: 0375706364 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 23 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.00 |
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Title: Albion's Seed: Four British Folkways in America by David Hackett Fischer ISBN: 0195069056 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: March, 1991 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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