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by Denis Judd (Author)
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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; New edition edition (15 Nov 2001)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1842124986
  • ISBN-13: 978-1842124987
  • Product Dimensions: 21.5 x 17.3 x 4.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The British Empire radically altered the modern world. At its height, it governed over a quarter of the human race, and encompassed more than a fifth of the globe. As well as providing the British people with profits and a sense on international purpose, the Empire afforded them the opportunity to create new lives for themselves through migration and settlement. For those it dominated and controlled, the Empire often represented arbitrary power, gunboat diplomacy, the disruption of local customs and government by a distant and sometimes coldly unsympathetic administration. Yet while it rested ultimately upon military force and direct rule, the Empire also pulsated with ideals - of freedom, democracy, and even equality.

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Denis Judd is Professor of British Imperial and Commonwealth History at the University of North London. He appears frequently on radio and is a regular reviewer for most national newspapers and literary journals.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Totally readable with just one problem, 21 April 2008
By Luis Mansilla Miranda (Viña del Mar, Chile) - See all my reviews
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To read about the British Empire is to read about part of the history of many countries in almost all the continents in the world. I don't think I should be called anglophile, but If I had to pick the country with the more interesting and richest History, that for sure is the History of the British people. By reading this compelling pages, my opinion about the aftermath of all this is positive. Of course it was not perfect -- there were problems, violence, oppression, but if you look at Singapore, Honk Kong, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and others, I think is fair to say that British rule was positive, even more when it is compared to other expansionist European countries. Although India was the jewel of the empire, things here were complicated indeed, and even more difficult in Africa. The last country to achieve its independence in Africa was Rhodesia, now known as Zimbabwe, and with its first elected President Robert Mugabe, who still runs the country --- seems not to had been a good idea.

One good idea of the British, strategically speaking, was its pursue of dominion on any free island in the world. President Roosevelt even claimed once that "the British would take any land in the world, even if it were only a rock or a sanbar" --- I laughed at this comment but I think it was made in a moment when the United States resented some of the world presence of the British. Another good idea was the creation of the Commonwealth, a place of cooperation of the members and ex-members of this empire. Not least important were the sports, especially cricket and rugby, both invented by the British that undoubtedly still unite the members of this commonwealth. There are much more to say, the book covers even the Falklands war and Mandela's South Africa, but I have only one critic: although there is no explanation about it, at the beginning of the book there is a World Map indicating the Commonwealth in 1996, but including Chilean Antartic Territory as part of British Territory. I think is important for Britain and Chile to reach and agreement on this issue, even more, to increase and improve relations as countries.
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