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The Decline and Fall of the British Empire, 1781-1997 (Hardcover)

by Piers Brendon (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 816 pages
  • Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group; 1 edition (28 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0307268292
  • ISBN-13: 978-0307268297
  • Product Dimensions: 23.8 x 16.4 x 5.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
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'Brendon brings his own sharp eye to the debate... This is a real achievement and an important one'
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'Quite simply, a masterpiece of historical narrative' --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Absorbing. Balanced and an excellent true yarn., 29 Aug 2008
By ANDY (CORNWALL. UK.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Hardcover)
Im still reading this, It gives a considered and riveting tale of my Countrys History. Keep an open mind, fantastic achievements by towering figures, they were Empire builders and Empire spoilers, working to the values and ethics of their times. Reads like an action packed novel. Well done ancestors and well done this author.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Wide ranging, absorbing account of the last years of the British Empire, 16 April 2009
This review is from: The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Paperback)
By pulling together the experiences of so many countries, this book provides a fascinating insight into the diversity of the colossus that was the British Empire. India, Burma, Ceylon, Nigeria, Kenya, Cyprus and others described in this book all made different journeys to independence which helps us, to some degree, better understand these countries today some 50+ years after independence.

Of course one constant remains: "perfidious Albion". But the book does maintain a balance by describing both how Britain conducted itself in its colonies (which at times is appalling) but also providing the context relative to both the time of these events and the conduct of other colonial powers.

The only criticism is the relentless references to Gibbon's study of the end of the Roman Empire. These don't add significantly to the story and make the book, at times, something of a struggle to read.
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15 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Ambitious, 7 Dec 2008
By Hey Bulldog (Paris, Texas) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Decline and Fall of the British Empire (Paperback)
This is an ambitious attempt to chronicle the rise and fall of the British Empire. And it is by no mean flawless. Still, the book's "unromaticising" of the Empire must not be taken too personally by some of the reviewers here. There is no victimisation - considered the looting the Empire has inflicted on its colonial subjects. This book is one of course readings at the LSE (not the bourse). And it is an eye-opener. I would also suggest "Merchants to multinationals : British trading companies in the nieteenth and twentieth centuries" by Geoffrey Jones, which explains more about the political economic impacts of the British Empire.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A book that tells the truth and overturns the comfortable history racists would have us believe
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