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British, but of both Indian and African heritage, Samir Puri is Adjunct Professor in the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He is also a Research Fellow at RAND and a Lecturer in International Relations at the War Studies Department, King's College, London. A former diplomat, he regularly appears on news shows in the US and UK and has written for a number of publications.
""The legacy of empires still powerfully shape our time. We enter the postimperial 21st century with an unusual geopolitical dynamic. Comprehensive and judicious. Puri introduces a fascinating subject. A stimulating book.""--Fareed Zakaria ""The New York Times Book Review"" ""A provocative work that will appeal to students of world history and geopolitics.""-- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""A timely and important re-thinking of imperial dominion.""--Sam Willis, historian and author of The Struggle for Sea Power: A Naval History of the American Revolution ""An excellent read. Samir Puri has written a calm, distilled and bracing book.""--Robert D. Kaplan, New York Times bestselling author of The Revenge of Geography ""Masterly. I found new insights on almost every page. It achieves the remarkable feat of deepening our self-knowledge while at the same time broadening our understanding of the world around us.""--Paul Strathern, author of Rise and Fall: A History of the World in Ten Empires ""This is a masterly, engaging, thought-provoking and wide-ranging study of how the vestiges of past empires shape the ways in which the world works today.""--James Daybell, Professor of British History at Plymouth University
