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Victor Kiernan offers a ground-breaking, truly global history of the violence of empire. European Empires from Conquest to Collapse deftly surveys the fighting forces and military engagements of the Great Powers, from the British in India to the scramble for Africa. With an acerbic wit, Kiernan unpicks the doctrines and realities of colonial warfare. Europe was fond of parading its concept of ‘civilized war’, he observes, but almost everything could be tolerated if it was deemed necessary for the upholding of prestige. Guerrilla insurgency, he adds, ultimately became one of the most sophisticated branches of the art of war. Of all the reasons for an interest in the colonial wars of modern times, Kiernan argues, the best is that they are still going on, openly or disguised. European Empires from Conquest to Collapse is a landmark attempt to see clearly what empire entailed, instead of resting content with legend or fantasy. With a Foreword by Tariq Ali, author of Winston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes and The Forty-Year War in Afghanistan: A Chronicle Foretold.

Author Biography:

Victor Kiernan (1913-2009) was born in Manchester and educated at Cambridge. He was a member until 1959 of the Communist Party Historians Group alongside Eric Hobsbawm, Christopher Hill and Dorothy and Edward Thompson. He taught history at Edinburgh and in Lahore and wrote for New Left Review. His books included Lords of Human Kind, America: The New Imperialism and two studies of Shakespeare.
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April 9th, 2024
Audience
  • General (US: Trade)
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  • Foreword by Tariq Ali
Pages
304
ISBN-13
9781804291078
Product ID
36537587

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