Book review: The gun, the ship and the pen: warfare, constitutions and the making of the modern world by Linda Colley

Green, Duncan (2022) Book review: The gun, the ship and the pen: warfare, constitutions and the making of the modern world by Linda Colley. LSE Review of Books (22 Mar 2022). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

In The Gun, the Ship and the Pen, Linda Colley traces a history of the emergence of constitutions from the 1750s onwards, showing how they developed in tandem with warfare. Meticulously researched and full of eye-opening details, this evocative book is highly recommended by Duncan Green. The original version of this review was published on From Poverty to Power. The Gun, the Ship and the Pen: Warfare, Constitutions and the Making of the Modern World. Linda Colley. Profile. 2021.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/
Additional Information:	© 2022 The Author
Divisions:	International Development
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) J Political Science > JC Political theory J Political Science > JZ International relations
Date Deposited:	29 Jun 2022 13:51
Last Modified:	15 Sep 2023 11:27
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/114765

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