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How did the British Empire rise and shape the modern world in just 400 years? In Britain today, has its dominance ended? In a new book, Niall Ferguson, one of Britain's foremost financial historians, delves into the rise of the British Empire and its important role in politics, economics and world trade. How can this rainy archipelago country overlooking the northwestern coast of the European continent achieve global dominance? This is not only a concern of British history, but also a fundamental issue that needs to be explained in world history. The author does not intend to describe the general history of the British Empire in detail in this book, but only wants to record the development of globalization driven by the British Empire and its colonies. "Empire" is generally based on a chronological framework, mainly focusing on the six major themes of commodity market globalization, labor market globalization, cultural globalization, political system globalization, capital market globalization, and war globalization to record the reasons for the rise of an empire and its profound impact on other countries. Reading this book will definitely help you understand the rise of the empire and the subtle process of the transfer of imperial power. At the same time, from a historical perspective, you will understand the role of the rise of the British Empire in the process of world history.

"The Tragedy of War" raises a series of thought-provoking questions about the reasons for the outbreak of World War I: Could the war have been avoided? Did Britain's entry into the war play a decisive role? Would the outcome have changed if Britain had delayed entry into the war? Did Germany really go to war because of its overwhelming military superiority, as most people believe, or was it just fear that led to the attacks? As for the war itself, should Britain and Germany bear the same historical responsibility? Niall Ferguson analyzes the disaster that the war brought to Europe from a macro perspective. Through the study of a large number of historical materials and the memoirs of the parties involved, as well as the analysis of pre-war international relations, finance, economics, politics, and media propaganda, he guides readers to re-examine the war and unearth the profound roots of the concept of war.