About the Book : Colonialism : A Moral Reckoning
Now however, with Russia rattling its sabre on the borders of Europe and China
rising to challenge the post-1945 world order, the liberal West faces major
threats.
These threats are not only external. Especially in the Anglosphere, the
'decolonisation movement corrodes the Wests self-confidence by retelling the
history of European and American colonial dominance as a litany of racism,
exploitation, and massively murderous violence.
Nigel Biggar tests this indictment, addressing the crucial questions in eight
chapters: Was the British Empire driven primarily by greed and the lust to
dominate? Should we speak of 'colonialism and slavery in the same