Ghosts of empire : Britain's legacies in the modern world /

Kwasi Kwarteng masterfully re-examines the messy legacy of the British Empire, grand, colorful and chronically unstable due to haphazard, incoherent policy-making that went unchecked.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwarteng, Kwasi
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : BBS PublicAffairs, [2011]
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:

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505 0 |a Pt. 1. Iraq : oil and power. The spoils of war ; Rivals ; Monarchy and revolution ; Saddam Hussein and beyond -- pt. 2. Kashmir : Maharaja's choice. Land for sale ; The world of Sir Hari Singh ; Deadlock -- pt. 3. Burma : lost kingdom. White elephant ; The road from Mandalay ; Twilight over Burma -- pt. 4. Sudan : 'blacks and blues'. Kitchener : an imperial hero ; 'The finest body of men' ; North and south -- pt. 5. Nigeria : 'the centre cannot hold'. Indirect rule ; Yellow sun -- pt. 6. Hong Kong : money and democracy. Hierarchies ; Democracy postpones ; Red dawn. 
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