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As A Young Army Officer In The Late 19th Century, Churchill's First Experience Of The Empire Was Serving In Conflicts In India, South Africa And The Sudan. His Attitude Towards The Empire At The Time Was The Stereotypical Victorian Paternalistic Approach - A Combination Of Feeling Responsible And Feeling Superior. Conscious Even Then Of His Political Career Ahead, Churchill's Natural Benevolence Towards The Empire Was Occasionally Overruled For Political Reasons, And He Found Himself Reluctantly Supporting - Or At Least Not Publicly Condemning - British Atrocities. As A Politician He Consistently Relied On The Empire For Support During Crises, But Was Angered By Any Demands For Nationalisation. He Held What Many Would Regard Today As Racist Views, In That He Felt That Some Nationalities Were Superior To Others, But He Didn't Regard Those Positions As Fixed. His (some Might Say Obsequious) Relationship With America Reflected That View.^ America Was A Former Colony Where The Natives Had Become Worthy To Rule Themselves, But - He Felt - Still Had That Tie To Britain. Thus He Overlooked The Frequently Expressed American View That The Empire Was A Hangover From A Bygone Era Of Colonisat

Who reads Churchill and empire : Portrait of an Imperialist?

Author

Lawrence James

Publisher

Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Orion Publishing Group, Limited

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780297869153

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Biography, Political Science