{"product_id":"legacy-of-violence","title":"Legacy of Violence","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian, a searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA NEW YORK TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, HISTORY TODAY AND BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eMasterly... This book is dynamite\u003c\/q\u003e - ROBERT GILDEA, author of \u003cem\u003eEmpires of the Mind\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the NYU\/Axinn Foundation Prize 2024\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDrawing 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Britain could no longer maintain control over that violence, it simply retreated—and sought to destroy the evidence. \u003cem\u003eLegacy of Violence\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eNot so much a history book as a book of historical significance\u003c\/q\u003e - BBC History Magazine\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eRiveting\u003c\/q\u003e - New Statesman\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cq\u003eCrucial... as unflinching as it is gripping, as carefully researched as it is urgently necessary\u003c\/q\u003e - Jill Lepore, author of \u003cem\u003eThese Truths\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45695467880684,"sku":"9780099540250","price":36.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9780099540250.jpg?v=1725630583","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.pro\/products\/legacy-of-violence","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}