"Imperialism" is an evocative word. It summons images of grim Roman legions marching through German forests, Maxim machine guns cutting down hordes of Dervishes at Omdurman, or scenes of torture from the classic French film "Battle of Algiers." These images share two attributes: they are noxious and they are historical - as Tennyson might describe them, "portions and parcels of the dreadful past." But is this, indeed, the case? Might imperialism have a future? To answer this question, the first task must be an examination of past strategies of imperialism.
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