Legacy of Violence

This searing study examines the British Empire's extensive use of violence throughout the twentieth century, detailing how these practices were exported and institutionalized across its vast colonial territories. Covering over two hundred years, the book reveals an evolutionary and racialized doctrine that relied on unrelenting violence to maintain imperial interests. It exposes how ideological foundations of violence were rooted in Victorian-era calls for punishing 'natives' and how these forms became increasingly systematized, with Britain ultimately destroying evidence of its policies upon retreat from empire.