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Stands Mainstream Accounts of British Imperialism On Its Head,
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This review is from: Blood Never Dried (Paperback)
John Newswinger decodes Anglophile rhetoric which glorifies the true costs of British Imperilialism.......
> "Giving independence to India" was the result of a long anti-colonial struggle. After WWII the British could not maintain control. PR spin would like the world to beleive all was done on British terms i.e.,coaching Indians to "govern themselves". > Until the late 50's, Struggles ensued between the British & US over control of colonial possessions. Attempts were made to develop nuclear weapons independent from US technology. The Brits gave the program up & allied thmesleves with the USA. Often mainstream british/american Historians depict the struggle as a Cold War Struggle USA V USSR e.g., Nasser was intitially supported by the CIA to depose British puppet King Farouk. Newswinder sites several case studies of British rule,including Ireland, Middle East, the Carribean & Africa Very interesting read. I highly recommend this book. Lessons could be learned for the future of Pax Americana as well. If history tells us anything Empires always fall & create an unstable environment with violence & instability. |
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Blood Never Dried by John Newsinger (Paperback - 1980)
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