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Niall Ferguson on Veterans Day

born 1964 Scotland

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The familiar rationale of white rule in Africa was that it conferred the benefits of civilization. The war made a mockery of that claim.

Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World (2003)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Niall Ferguson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.