There are several overarching themes to the work: historicising decolonisation, unpicking the deeply complex relationship between decolonisation and globalisation - decolonisation was both a globalised and a globalising force, especially in the context of the Cold War - and shedding light upon the integral role played by asymmetric violence in decolonisation processes. This wide-ranging approach leads the reader on an odyssey through political thought, guerrilla warfare, architecture, cinema, and memory, to name but a few; bringing many diverse threads of research into a satisfyingly comprehensive volume
David Kenrick, Diplomacy & Statecraft
This impressive volume deserves to be essential reading for all students of decolonisation and, considering as it does an unusually broad range of empires, offers an original and refreshing corrective to many of the classic texts on decolonisation
Peter Brooke, History
The range of topics covered is impressive and reflects the directions being followed in the existing scholarship. It is particularly good to see that the current lively fields of humanitarianism, development history, colonial violence, and the intersections between Cold War politics and decolonization are well represented. The material on refugees and migration speaks to contemporary political concerns persuasively and deftly
Charlotte Lydia Walker, The Journal of British Studies