Edward Ingram. The British Empire as a World Power. London: Frank Cass; dist. according to ISBS, Portland, Ore. 2001. Pp xv 282 $5450 ISBN 0-7146-5151-6
In his latest part Edward Ingram argues that any analysis of Britain's behavior in the Middle East from the late-eighteenth from one side the mid-twentieth centuries must treat Britain primarily as an empire rather than a nation-state. In making this argument Ingram of the same heights much criticism at political scientists who "theorize first and then illustrate the theory" (p 8) thus creating protoplasts that do not describe what really