{"product_id":"twilight-the-decline-of-the-british-empire","title":"Twilight the Decline of the British Empire","description":"\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__ A searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. Drawing 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. When 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. '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\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished 2012\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63979196940637,"sku":"9780099540250","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/content_19dd430d-4aee-4199-bcd6-2f50dc4fe1fe.png?v=1774455653","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/twilight-the-decline-of-the-british-empire","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}