{"product_id":"9780099540250","title":"Legacy of Violence : A History of the British Empire","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Elkins, Caroline\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eBritish Empire\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 7 September 2023 by Vintage Publishing (Vintage) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 896 pages\u003cbr\u003e197 x 130 x 57 | 706g\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Masterly... This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize****Winner of the NYU\/Axinn Foundation Prize**A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Britain could no longer maintain control over that violence, it simply retreated - and sought to destroy the evidence. Legacy of Violence 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Not so much a history book as a book of historical significance' BBC History Magazine'Riveting' New Statesman 'Crucial...as unflinching as it is gripping, as carefully researched as it is urgently necessary' Jill Lepore, author of These Truths\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Elkins, Caroline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51748863803576,"sku":"9780099540250","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9780099540250.jpg?v=1756551675","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9780099540250","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}