Ghosts of empire
Britain's legacies in the modern world
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Word Count
116,250 words, Guess
Page Count
465 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL25134559M
- ISBN-139780747599418
- ISBN-100747599416
- OCLC Control Number729347104
- Library of Congress Control Number2011488726
Classifications
- LCCDA16 .K93 2011
Description
The British Empire was the creation of a tremendous outpouring of energy and opportunism, when the British were at their most self-confident, and the wealth they gathered was prodigious. At its heart lay a sense of the rectitude of the British way of life, meted out to vast swathes of the rest of the world without let or hindrance. Yet, as this book shows, the empire was not formed by coherent policy, and its decline reflected this: its later years were characterised by a series of accidental oversights, decisions taken without due consideration for the consequences, and uncertain pragmatism. Many of the world's trouble spots are those left behind by the chaotic retreat of empire, and its ghosts continue to haunt today's international scene.
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