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The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire

By: H. W. Crocker III
Narrated by: Ray Porter
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Nothing offends liberals more than Western imperialism—it is racism, sexism, and chauvinism all in one. And of course the epitome of Western imperialism is the British Empire, the biggest empire the world has ever known, covering at its height a quarter of the globe’s surface and ruling a quarter of the world’s population. Here, best-selling author H. W. Crocker III exposes—in brawling, rambunctious style—how the British Empire was actually one of the greatest establishers and defenders of freedom in history.

So strap on your pith helmet for a rollicking ride through some of history’s most colorful events. The Politically Incorrect Guide to the British Empire provides a panoramic and provocative view of 400 years of history that will delight and amuse, educate and entertain.

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Critic reviews

"As someone who grew up in India, I often hear people ask, ‘What have the British done for us?’ Until I read this book, I didn’t have the full answer.” (Dinesh D’Souza, New York Times best-selling author)
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This book provides a much needed counter to the popular disparaging view of the British empire.

It flows nicely from region to region not shying from some of the ugly points but showing the hands-off paternalistic role Britain played in most of its territories.

A valuable listen

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Everyone’s view will be different, but this provides valuable evidence that rarely appears in modern debate. The public “woke” view often has little research. It doesn’t paint a totally perfect picture of the empire, but it’s more rounded than most.

Much needed critical approach to history

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I enjoyed this book. it does give an excellent counterview to what possibly could be a rather narrow idea of what history actually is for those who see what's happening now and, in some areas, are quite rightly angry, but misfire on the idea that the British empire was a bad thing.

As the author lays out, the British empire was not always squeaky clean. However it was a lot better than the alternative. At no point did it remove any democracies; it put in democracies. At no point did it reduce the health and wealth and well-being of countries in the commonwealth, it increased it. If for no other reason than this we should give pause to opinions that it was evil, and that we should rewrite the record.

There are many examples of success stories following the British empire. you can look at. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Hong Kong even the United States. There are also some stories that ended less well. But on balance, I believe this audiobook gives a good arguement that we're better off that it existed.

It was always inevitable that it would fall - the intention was to bring democracy and the benefits of the Enlightment, and see was always time-boind.. This book gives light on the question about whether it faded perhaps a century too soon.

An excellent counter view

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Long overdue counterweight to all the apologists and their extreme and trendy but distorted negative views about the British Empire. Very interesting, well written, well researched, well and clearly read although the American habit of splitting so many words into distinct syllables can be irritating to UK listeners. Mon-ark for monarch and kwi-nine for quinine can start to grind after a while but far worse is the narrator's repeated use of 'Scotch" instead of Scot, Scots or Scottish . This should have been edited out and corrected.

Excellent and about time too.

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Loved the historical aspect, wasn’t a massive fan of the accents during quotes though, but that’s just me

Good read for history

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