The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland by Karl E. Meyer

The Dust of Empire: The Race for Mastery in the Asian Heartland

Karl E. Meyer

288 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
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When Charles de Gaulle learned that France's former colonies in Africa had chosen independence, the great general shrugged dismissively, "They are the dust of empire." But as Americans have learned, particles of dust from remote and seemingly medi...

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