Vetch's life illustrates the problems that arose in shaping a colonial
policy and an imperial establishment during the distractions of war,
politics, inept bureaucracies, and inexperienced leadership. His
experiences help reduce the theories of empire and the abstractions of
history to some semblance of practical life.
Originally published in 1960.
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