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Imperial Endgame: Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire

by Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon
Imperial Endgame: Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire - Thryft
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Unveils the hidden truth of Britain's end of empire

This book is a must-read for history enthusiasts who want to learn about the untold story behind Britain's decline as an empire. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon challenges the conventional narrative and demonstrates that the British government resorted to illiberal tactics in order to retain control over its colonies. Through detailed accounts of dirty wars from Palestine to Malaya, Kenya to Cyprus, Grob-Fitzgibbon exposes the raw reality of Britain's imperial endgame.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Imperial Endgame: Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire

by Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon
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ISBN: 9780230248731
Authors: Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Date of Publication: 2011-05-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History
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Goodreads rating: 3.24
(rated by 17 readers)

Description

The story of the British Empire in the twentieth century is one of decline, disarray, and despondency. Or so we have been told. In this fresh and controversial account of Britain's end of empire, Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon rejects this consensus, showing instead that in the years 1945-1960 the British government developed a successful imperial strategy based on devolving power to indigenous peoples within the Commonwealth. This strategy was calculated to allow decolonization to occur on British terms rather than those of the indigenous populations, and thus to keep these soon-to-be former colonies within the British and Western spheres of influence during the Cold War. To achieve this new form of informal liberal imperialism, however, the government had to rely upon the use of illiberal dirty wars. Spanning the globe from Palestine to Malaya, Kenya to Cyprus, these dirty wars represented Britain's true imperial endgame.
 

Unveils the hidden truth of Britain's end of empire

This book is a must-read for history enthusiasts who want to learn about the untold story behind Britain's decline as an empire. Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon challenges the conventional narrative and demonstrates that the British government resorted to illiberal tactics in order to retain control over its colonies. Through detailed accounts of dirty wars from Palestine to Malaya, Kenya to Cyprus, Grob-Fitzgibbon exposes the raw reality of Britain's imperial endgame.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.