{"product_id":"the-last-imperialist-bruce-gilley-9781684512171","title":"The Last Imperialist: Sir Alan Burns' Epic Defense of the British Empire","description":"The British Empire, one of the most powerful forces in history, was also one of the most humane. Yet at its twilight, few were willing to defy the anti-colonial reaction that condemned millions to despotism under the regimes that replaced it. Sir Alan Burns was among them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this lively and provocative work of history, Bruce Gilley vindicates Sir Alan's view that decolonization was poorly managed and too swiftly executed, a view based not on imperialist nostalgia but on a sober assessment of the ravages of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Gilley demonstrates that Burns understood the benefits of colonial rule and correctly foretold the chaos that accompanied its rapid dissolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Relying on previously unavailable documentation from Burns's family, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Imperialist\u003c\/i\u003e dethrones the revisionist historians and shatters their unbalanced accusations against European colonialism. This is history writing at its most courageous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Bruce Gilley has had to endure the most vituperative attacks for arguing that the European empires conferred benefits as well as imposed costs. . . Now, with this absorbing biography . . . Bruce Gilley has written a compelling as well as courageous work.\" \u003cb\u003e--Niall Ferguson\u003c\/b\u003e, Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bruce Gilley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684512174\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684512171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Regnery Publishing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.80h x 8.40w x 1.30d","brand":"Bruce Gilley","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44050349424895,"sku":"9781684512171","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_4e0c24f7-a3d4-4503-859c-f4a5b89dba3d.jpg?v=1685006713","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-last-imperialist-bruce-gilley-9781684512171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}