Mishra: How colonial violence came home: the ugly truth of the first world war

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https://www.theguardian.com/news/2017/nov/10/how-colonial-violence-came-home-the-ugly-truth-of-the-first-world-war?from=timeline&isappinstalled=0&fbclid=IwAR0JRyypqF1BfLjQW5P692ayYIq-8vYsW-uiHue2Y2peVdpJBPLnTSn72ME

The Great War is often depicted as an unexpected catastrophe. But for millions who had been living under imperialist rule, terror and degradation were nothing new.

By Pankaj Mishra

Fri 10 Nov 2017 06.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 30 Nov 2017 19.44 GMT