The Anglo Saxon Century

This provocative early-20th-century work argues that the English-speaking world stands at a historic crossroads. Framed by the Spanish-American War and the Boer War, it presents the United States and the British Empire as the two powers destined to shape the twentieth century, with Russia, Germany, and France also competing for global influence. The author insists that Anglo-Saxon cooperation is not a sentimental dream but a practical necessity for avoiding disorder, war, and civilizational decline. From this premise, the book advances a bold program of union: shared citizenship, freer trade, common currency and measures, a permanent arbitration court, and even voluntary Canadian incorporation into the United States. It rejects a mere military alliance in favor of deeper political and cultural integration. Along the way, it defends England against claims of decline, warning that wealth without virtue leads to corruption, oligarchy, and collapse. The work's larger claim is that language, literature, law, and constitutional liberty bind Englishmen and Americans into a single civilizational mission. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.