Peace, Poverty and BetrayalHow can we explain Britain's long rule in India beyond the clichs of 'imperial' versus 'nationalist' interpretations? In this history, Roderick Matthews tells a more nuanced story of 'oblige and rule', the foundation of common purpose between colonisers and powerful Indians. This volume argues that this was more a state of being than a system: British policy was never clear or consistent; the East India Company went from a manifestly incompetent ruler

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and anti-Semites around the world - gives an impassioned defence of his core belief in open society

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And yet how much do we really know about it