Legacy of Violence av Caroline Elkins

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<p><b>A <i>NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY </i>AND <i>BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR<br><br>''Masterly... This book is dynamite'' - ROBERT GILDEA, </b><b>author of <i>Empires of the Mind</i></b><br><br><b>A </b><b>searing, landmark</b><b> study of the British Empire that </b><b>lays bare </b><b>its</b><b> pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.</b><br><br>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.<br><br>When Britain could no longer maintain control over that violence, it simply retreated - and sought to destroy the evidence. <i>Legacy of Violence</i> 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.<br><br><b>''Not so much a hi