{"product_id":"legacy-of-violence-a-history-of-the-british-empire-oxford-bookstore","title":"Legacy Of Violence - A History Of The British Empire","description":"\u003cp\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Masterly... This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the Mind\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize**\u003cbr\u003e\n**Winner of the NYU\/Axinn Foundation Prize**\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\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\n\n\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\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Not so much a history book as a book of historical significance' BBC History Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Riveting' New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'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":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46289581342899,"sku":"9780099540250","price":959.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/81TkSIBB3tL.jpg?v=1793008786","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/legacy-of-violence-a-history-of-the-british-empire-oxford-bookstore","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}