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896 pages, Hardcover
First published January 18, 2022
Turning to history’s balance sheet to determine which European
empire was more or less brutal than others can be an invidious exercise.
Historians usher objective data to make their case: body counts, number
of soldiers on the ground, official reports. But all evidence is subjective,
particularly that which is mediated through state bureaucracies