Summary
"Sprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain's twentieth-century empire was the largest empire in human history. For many Britons, it epitomized their nation's cultural superiority, but what legacy did the island nation deliver to the... Full description
- Liberal imperialism
- Wars small and great
- Legalized lawlessness
- "I'm merely pro-British"
- Imperial convergence
- An imperial war
- A war of ideas
- "Partnership"
- Imperial resurgence
- Glass houses
- Exit Palestine, enter Malaya
- Small places, close to home
- Systematized violence
- Operation legacy
- Epilogue: Empire comes home.