Reddit reviews The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
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"We did some crap back then"
I wouldn't have chosen this phrase when summarising the exploits of the British Empire. It was a murderous and abusive scheme that forced millions into misery, pain and death.
If you feel the urge to glimpse back I recommend you to read The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire link here for more deatils http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Blood-Never-Dried-Peoples/dp/1905192126/ref=pd_cp_b_0
To feel guilt about something is the first understand what to truly not feel guilt about.
https://www.amazon.com/Blood-Never-Dried-Peoples-History/dp/1905192126 seems like a good start.
It's quite dense, but this book charts the history of the City of London from a banker who is also a Marxist. https://www.versobooks.com/books/2457-the-city
If you want a short but excellent read on Britain's colonial crimes, I would recommend The Blood Never Dried. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Never-Dried-Peoples-History/dp/1905192126
Zwar offtopic und hat nichts mit Afrika zu tun.....
Bezüglich Großbritannien kann ich dieses Buch empfehlen, was allderdings eher eine Einführung ist und nur bestimmte Ereignisse anspricht:
The Blood Never Dried: A People's History of the British Empire
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Blood-Never-Dried-Peoples/dp/1905192126
Ereignisse wie die Bengalische Hungersnot 1943, mit bis zu 4 Millionen Toten ist bei uns auch wenig bekannt.
Der Ursache gingen verschiedenste Ereignisse voraus, aber anscheinend spielte die Versorgung des britischen Militärs eine übergeordnete Rolle gegenüber der Bevölkerung.
Gibt auch etliche Pressemitteilungen, die IBT sogar mit einem sehr reißerischen Titel.
http://www.ibtimes.com/bengal-famine-1943-man-made-holocaust-1100525 http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/soutikbiswas/2010/10/how_churchill_starved_india.html
Hey, with_the_quickness, have you read a book called 'the blood never dried'? It gives a good account of some of the atrocities the British commited throughout history. If you also know of any like this please point me in the right direction :)
Clearly you know a lot about the topic, too bad you seem to have read only propaganda-ridden history books.
>Britain and France declared war only after trying to reach an accommodation with Germany and only after they invaded Poland. You will note that when they invaded, they didn't simply take Danzig, but over half of Poland.
The "accommodation" was that Germany was to withdraw all her troops from Poland, including the Germanic liberated parts. Of course they took most of the Poland, it was a war and the Polish Army was still fighting them. After that, withdrawing the troops would have been an invitation to Stalin to occupy more. Germany agreed to reestablish the Polish state in exchange for the peace, the Allies rejected the offer.
The war with USA was inevitable and Hitler knew that. The US ships were already attacking the German subs that attacked the British convoys. That's not neutrality. Roosevelt assured Churchill that he will join the war whatever.
>Although the British tried to kill Hitler during the war
No, they didn't. It was just a plan that was rejected.
>But nothing matched the brutal racism of Hitler. Upon seizing power, he immediately opened Dachau and tossed in trade unionists, social democrats, gay men, communists and anyone who spoke out against national socialism.
Small potatoes compared to what Stalin or even the Brits were doing.
>His plans for the East included wiping out all Slavs, gypsies, Jews and anyone else he felt were from an "inferior race"
That's simply not true. Slovakia, Croatia, Bulgaria, all Slavic countries were Hitler's allies in WW2. A Russian army led by Vlasov fought for Germany. So were many Ukrainians.
The gassings started only in early 1942, after Stalingrad when Hitler thought for the first time he might lose the war. Even so, he got never near Stalin's crimes. A compromise peace would have stopped the murder of the Jews.
>None of the sins of the British could match this horrific plan.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blood-Never-Dried-Peoples-History/dp/1905192126
At least 5 times the Holocaust.
After the Great Victory, half of Europe was invaded by the Russians with the blessing of the Brits and Americans and 70 million more people died (some 50 million in China alone).
Yes, Hitler was evil but he wasn't by far the most evil nor the greatest threat.