How the Dead Hand of Imperialism Continues to Influence World Politics
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 notion of informal empires but makes a strong case that there was something distinct and notable about fo...
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