Query: British Empire, but not Pakistan, history books
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
Day of Empire
Profiles in Folly
The Washing of the Spears
White Mughals
The Other Side of the Frontier
Imperial Reckoning
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
A Pattern of Islands
Forgotten War (book)
Ornamentalism
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples
The British Empire: A survey
The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World
Africa and the Victorians
Evidence from documents: Day of Empire: The historicity and academic rigor of this work has been questioned by graduates of the University of Wisconsin
Profiles in Folly: history books: '''''Profiles in Folly''''' is a historical book written by Alan Axelrod which is composed of many other true stories within the book itself, beginning with the Trojan War in "The Decision To Let Danger In", and ending with Hurricane Katrina in "The Decision to Stop Short of Leadership".
British Empire: Within each of these decisions are short, historical stories such as "John F. Kennedy and the Bay of Pigs" under The Decision to Drift, or "The British Empire and Gandhi" under The Decision to Retreat
White Mughals: '''''White Mughals''''' is a 2002 history book by William Dalrymple.


It is Dalrymple's fifth major book, and tells the true story of a love affair that took place in early nineteenth century Hyderabad between James Achilles Kirkpatrick and Khair-un-Nissa Begum.
The book is a work of social history about the warm relations that existed between the British and some Indians in the 18th and early 19th century, when one in three British men in India was married to an Indian woman.
The Other Side of the Frontier: '''''The Other Side of the Frontier''''' is a history book published in 1981 by Australian historian Henry Reynolds. It is a study of Aboriginal Australian resistance to the British settlement, or invasion, of Australia from 1788 onwards.
Imperial Reckoning: The book describes how, after Operation Anvil, the British colonial government in Kenya turned increasingly to mass detention as a means to suppress the Mau Mau Uprising. Elkins details the establishment and running of the detention camps, the torture and abuse that took place there, and the attempts by the British to destroy records on the eve of Kenya's independence, after having covered up such incidents as the Hola massacre.
''Imperial Reckoning: The Untold Story of Britain's Gulag in Kenya'', Henry Holt/Jonathan Cape, 2005,
Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire: '''''Outposts: Journeys to the surviving relics of the British Empire''''' is a book by Simon Winchester. It details his travels to each of the remaining dependencies of the British Empire and was first published in 1985 in Britain by Hodder and Stoughton under the title ''Outposts'' and in the United States by Prentice Hall as ''The Sun Never Sets: Travels to the Remaining Outposts of the British Empire''. It was reprinted in 2003 with a new foreword written to address the changing political climate and attitudes in relation to the British Empire, most importantly concerning the handover of Hong Kong to China and, more generally, the rise of globalism.
A Pattern of Islands: '''''A Pattern of Islands''''' (also known as '''''We Chose the Islands''''' in American editions) is a memoir by Sir Arthur Grimble recounting his time in the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer and Resident Commissioner between 1914 and 1933.
Forgotten War (book): a 2013 book by Australian historian Henry Reynolds concerning the Australian frontier wars, a conflict between the British Empire and settlers on one side and Indigenous Australians on the other
Ornamentalism: '''''Ornamentalism: How the British Saw Their Empire''''' is a book by David Cannadine about British perceptions of the British Empire.
A History of the English-Speaking Peoples: '''''A History of the English-Speaking Peoples''''' is a four-volume history of Britain and its former colonies and possessions throughout the world, written by Winston Churchill, covering the period from Caesar's invasions of Britain (55 BC) to the end of the Second Boer War (1902).
The British Empire: A survey: '''''The British Empire: A survey''''' is a series of twelve books, each self-contained, published for educational purposes during the British Empire Exhibition in Wembley Park, London, by Collins in 1924, following the request of the Exhibition's management towards the Imperial Studies Committee of the Royal Colonial Institute to create this work.
The Evil Empire: 101 Ways That England Ruined the World: In the work the author argues that many of the world's problems were caused by the British Empire and also criticises British culture.
Africa and the Victorians: The two published "The Imperialism of Free Trade" in 1953, an essay arguing there was a common thread between British imperialism throughout the 19th century.