Lest We Remember: what Oxford's war memorial tells us about the British Empire and why that matters

by Duncan Taylor

Is Britain ashamed of its past, and if not should it be? A dilapidated war memorial in Oxford city-centre seems a strange place to begin a search to the answer to these questions but this intriguing book does just that. It takes us from the mountains of Afghanistan to the tropics of Uganda to tell a tale of one city's often surprising links with the British Empire.

Uncomfortable questions are raised with the focus as much on those...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1910779431
• ISBN13: 9781910779439
• Release Date: October 2024
• Publisher: Kropotkin Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.0" x 8.0"