Britain’s Tory Prime Minister stands a story of brutal oppression and naked greed on its head:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/oct/19/end-myths-britains-imperial-past
Richard Gott’s new book, Britain’s Empire: Resistance, Repression and Revolt, http://www.versobooks.com/books/1017-britains-empire, is published by Verso (£25).