The Brutish Empire: Four Centuries of Colonial Atrocities [Paperback]

Colonial expansion reveals brutal methods and devastating consequences across Amritsar, Zululand, China, and beyond, exposing dehumanization, exploitation, and mortality as a consequential legacy.The Bloody History of British ColonisationFor centuries, a small island nation cast a shadow across the world. The British Empires methods of expansion were often brutal, usually devastating. From Amritsar to Zululand, from the Opium Wars in China to the deliberate infection of Native Americans with smallpox and the cold-blooded treatment of the starving during the Irish Famine, Des Ekin lays bare the atrocities committed in the name of colonisation.With many nations worldwide still grappling with the legacy of British rule, Ekin explores the justifications used to dehumanise other people and rationalise their abuse, exploitation and slaughter. In this rigorously researched and eminently readable book, Des Ekin lifts the veil on the harrowing realities of colonial rule.It's no secret that Britain achieved its empire through forceful, and often brutal, methods. Many nations are still grappling with the dark legacy of colonisation. Des Ekin lays out some of the worst atrocities perpetrated by the British and explores the justifications used for such violent actions.First & A Micro-History of the British EmpireAmritsar  The Massacre that Shocked the WorldBiological WarfareConcentration CampsDrug Dealing for Queen and CountryEugenics, Elitism and English Exceptionalism  A Glimpse Into the Mindset of EmpireFamine in IrelandThe G-Word: Genocide or Not?Hunting for Human BeingsIreland: The Test Lab of EmpireJamaica and the Saturnalia of SlaughterKleptomaniaLashman  The Extraordinary John NicholsonMcEmpire:  The East India CompanyThe New WorldOmdurman and the Slaughter of the WoundedPartition of India and the End of British RuleQueensland: The Dark History Behind the Sunshine StateRevolt in India, 1857  The So-called Indian MutinySlaveryTerror Beyond the Grave  The Peculs/