The Penguin History of the United States of America

This new edition of Brogan`s superb one-volume history - from early British colonisation to the Reagan years - captures an array of dynamic personalities and events. In a broad sweep of America`s triumphant progress. Brogan explores the period leading to Independence from both the American and the British points of view, touching on permanent features of `the American character` - both the good and the bad. He provides a masterly synthesis of all the latest research illustrating America`s rapid growth from humble beginnings to global dominance.