Legacy of Violence

Legacy of Violence is a compelling work by renowned author Caroline Elkins. Published by Vintage Publishing in 2023, this book is a gripping addition to the genre it represents. The narrative unfolds with a tension that keeps the reader hooked, making it impossible to put down. Elkins, with her unique storytelling ability, creates a world that is both terrifying and fascinating. The publication year, 2023, marks a significant milestone in the literary world as it brought forth this masterpiece. It's a must-read for anyone who appreciates fine literature. The publisher, Vintage Publishing, is known for its selection of high-quality books, and Legacy of Violence is no exception.

**Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2022**'This book is dynamite' - ROBERT GILDEA, author of Empires of the MindA searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century.Sprawling across a quarter of the world's land mass and claiming nearly seven hundred million people, Britain's empire was the largest in human history. For many, it epitomized the nation's cultural superiority, but what legacy have we delivered to the world?Spanning more than two hundred years of history, Caroline Elkins reveals an evolutionary and racialized doctrine that espoused an unrelenting deployment of violence to secure and preserve British imperial interests. She outlines how ideological foundations of violence were rooted in Victorian calls for punishing indigenous peoples who resisted subjugation, and how over time this treatment became increasingly systematised. And she makes clear that when Britain could no longer maintain control over the violence it provoked and enacted, Britain retreated from its empire, destroying and hiding incriminating evidence of its policies and practices.Drawing on more than a decade of research on four continents, Legacy of Violence implicates all sides of the political divide regarding the creation, execution, and cover-up of imperial violence. By demonstrating how and why violence was the most salient factor underwriting both the empire and British imperial identity, Elkins explodes long-held myths and sheds a disturbing new light on empire's role in shaping the world today.