Opis: The Germans and Africa, Their Aims on the Dark Continent and How They Acquired Their African Colonies (Classic Reprint) - Lewin Evans

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The German Chancellor Caprivi, who succeeded Bismarck, on one occasion stated that it would be the greatest misfortune for Germany to secure the whole of Africa. It is the purpose of this book to show how the colonial movement arose in the Fatherland, to point out the causes that led to the colonial activity of the last two decades of the nineteenth century, to describe the founding of the German colonial system in Africa and the diplomatic and sometimes peculiar processes by which it was constantly enlarged, and incidentally to demonstrate how the German colonial appetite grew and grew until there was no reasonable room for doubt that the German people were aiming at a banquet at which the African continent should be the chief dish.

In dealing with the history of German colonial beginnings in Africa, one supreme fact emerges from the review: Great Britain, already firmly established on the Dark Continent, was not prepared to welcome the intrusion of a new rival, and adopted a policy that, from the German point of view, led to bitter and perhaps unreasoning jealousy.

In her dealings with Germany, Great Britain did not at first readily co-operate with her new neighbour. The reason is not far to seek.

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Szczegóły: The Germans and Africa, Their Aims on the Dark Continent and How They Acquired Their African Colonies (Classic Reprint) - Lewin Evans

Nazwa: The Germans and Africa, Their Aims on the Dark Continent and How They Acquired Their African Colonies (Classic Reprint)
Autor: Lewin Evans
Wydawnictwo: FB &c Ltd
Kod paskowy: 9781330171554
Języki: angielski
Ilość stron: 340
Format: 15.2x22.9cm
Oprawa: Miękka

Recenzje: The Germans and Africa, Their Aims on the Dark Continent and How They Acquired Their African Colonies (Classic Reprint) - Lewin Evans