Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

Name: Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
Author: Caroline Elkins
ISBN: 9781409029076

Caroline Elkins

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Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire

Caroline Elkins

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Legacy of Violence won the NYU/Axinn Foundation Prize and was a New York Times, New Statesman, History Today, and BBC History Magazine Book of the Year. A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on more than a decade of research on four continents, Caroline Elkins reveals the dark heart of Britain's Empire: a racialised, systemised doctrine of unrelenting violence, which it used to secure and maintain its interests across the globe. When Britain could no longer maintain control over that violence, it simply retreated - and sought to destroy the evidence. Legacy of Violence is a monumental achievement that explodes long-held myths and deserves the attention of anyone who seeks to understand empire's role in shaping the world today.

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