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How the Dead Hand of Imperialism Continues to Influence World Politics British troops on the way to Baghdad, 1917.Credit...Print Collector/Getty Images Buy Book ▾ By Fareed Zakaria By Samir Puri We are all in the throes of a hangover, Samir Puri writes, a “great imperial hangover.” He explains in “The Shadows of Empire” that we are living in the “first empire-free millennium” in history and yet the legacy of these empires still powerfully shapes our times. He is aware of the notio...