
But while he has been widely extolled for his achievements, parts of Churchill’s record have gone woefully unexamined.Īs journalist Madhusree Mukerjee reveals, at the same time that Churchill brilliantly opposed the barbarism of the Nazis, he governed India with a fierce resolve to crush its freedom movement and a profound contempt for native lives. Lists It Appears On: Wikipedia, GoodreadsĪ dogged enemy of Hitler, resolute ally of the Americans, and inspiring leader through World War II, Winston Churchill is venerated as one of the truly great statesmen of the last century. Churchill’s Secret War: The British Empire and the Ravaging of India during World War II by Madhusree Mukerjee Now repackaged with a new introduction from bestselling author Hampton Sides to coincide with a major HBO dramatic film of the book, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee.Ģ8. Immediately recognized as a revelatory and enormously controversial book since its first publication in 1971, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is universally recognized as one of those rare books that forever changes the way its subject is perceived. Lists it appears on: Goodreads, Goodreads 2 Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown The remaining 200+ titles, as well as the sources we used to make the list are in alphabetical order on the bottom of the page. The top 29 books, all appearing on 2 or more “Best Colonialism & Imperialism” book lists are ranked below by how many times they appear. “What are the best books about Colonialism and Imperialism?” We looked at 254 of the top books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
