TY  - BOOK
AU  - Elkins,Caroline
TI  - Legacy of violence: a history of the British empire 
SN  - 9780307272423
AV  - JV1062 .E55 2022
U1  - 909/.0971241082 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - New York
PB  - penguin Random House
KW  - State-sponsored terrorism
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Punishment
KW  - Liberalism
KW  - Imperialism
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Administration
KW  - Social conditions
KW  - Politics and government
N1  - "This is a Borzoi Book published by Alfred A. Knopf."; Includes bibliographical references and index; Liberal imperialism -- Wars small and great -- Legalized lawlessness -- "I'm merely pro-British" -- Imperial convergence -- An imperial war -- A war of ideas -- Partnership -- Imperial resurgence -- Glass houses -- Exit Palestine, enter Malaya -- Small places, close to home -- Systematized violence -- Operation legacy -- Epilogue. Empire comes home
N2  - "From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian: a searing study of the British Empire that interrogates the country's pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century and traces how these practices were exported, modified, and institutionalized in colonies around the globe"--
ER  -