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One of our finest historians, Professor Michael Burleigh, takes a thought-provoking look at the end of empire. The collapse of western empires after the Second World War led to many bloody conflicts and struggles for power. Burleigh journeys from Palestine to Pakistan, and from Cuba to Indo-China, encouraging us to look beyond the Cold War to the wars that continue to afflict us today.

Burleigh is a writer and historian who has taught at many leading universities both at home and abroad. He is the author of bestselling and award-winning books including The Third Reich: A New History; Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism; and Moral Combat: A History of World War II.