The World in Flames by Marian Fssel, Bran Hanrahan - 9780231202404

The World in FlamesA Global History of the Seven Years' War\nAuthor(s): Marian Fssel, Bran Hanrahan\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Columbia University Press, United States\nImprint: Columbia University Press\nISBN-13: 9780231202404, 978-0231202404\nSynopsis\nIn the Seven Years War [tel], two European rivalriesbetween England and France and between Prussia and Austriacollided to spark a global conflagration. In the United States, it is known as the French and Indian War, a precursor to the Revolutionary War. In India, by contrast, it marked a new stage on the path toward British colonial rule. The war saw Spains decline and Russias rise; territories from Quebec to the Philippines changed hands. From Europe to the Americas, Africa, and South Asia, people across continents were swept up in clashes that began in faraway places and spread like wildfire.\n\nThe World in Flames is a bottom-up history of the Seven Years War, exploring this epochal conflict from the perspective of contemporari.