Kwasi Kwarteng, a British MP and historian has recently written a book ‘ Ghosts of Empire’ in which he focuses on a few of these areas (Kashmir, Burma, Sudan, Iraq, Nigeria and Hong Kong) and details the legacy of the British.
In many former colonial areas, political issues remain to be solved that had their genesis during the British era. Within these states much remains of the commercial, industrial, political and cultural apparatus set up by the British. A brief look at an atlas from before WW1 will show over 100 colonies that were then part of the Empire but now are part of or wholly sovereign states. The British Empire has had a huge impact on the world in which we live.
