The ghosts of the British Empire continue to haunt today's international scene and many of the problems faced by the Empire have still not been resolved. In Iraq, Kashmir, Burma, Sudan, Nigeria and Hong Kong, new difficulties, resulting from British imperialism, have arisen and continue to baffle politicians and diplomats. This powerful new book addresses the realities of the British Empire from its inception to its demise, skewering fantasies of its glory and cataloguing both the inadequacies of its ideals and the short-termism of its actions.

• War and Gold: A Five-Hundred-Year History of Empires, Adventures and Debt
• Unfinished Empire: The Global Expansion of Britain
• The Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of Global Order 1916-1931
• Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918
• Cursed Victory: A History of Israel and the Occupied Territories