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Amritsar 1919
- An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre
- Narrated by: Neil Shah
- Length: 13 hrs and 6 mins
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A powerful reassessment of a seminal moment in the history of India and the British Empire - the Amritsar Massacre - to mark its 100th anniversary
The Amritsar Massacre of 1919 was a seminal moment in the history of the British Empire, yet it remains poorly understood. In this dramatic account, Kim A. Wagner details the perspectives of ordinary people and argues that General Dyer's order to open fire at Jallianwalla Bagh was an act of fear. Situating the massacre within the "deep" context of British colonial mentality and the local dynamics of Indian nationalism, Wagner provides a genuinely nuanced approach to the bloody history of the British Empire.
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- 13-03-23
Crucial
This is a crucial retelling of one of the most shameful episodes in an already chequered British history.
Wagner’s dissociated factual account only serves to emphasise the atrocity of the event via simple cold and stark facts.
Sadly, this book still feels relevant in 2023 when divisiveness, invasion and racial hierarchy are still somehow part of the global discourse.
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- 22-10-21
The biggest slaughter of the British Empire
Explores the paranoia behind the white supremacist mentality that enslaved a continent and why Punjabis had to be 'taught a lesson' that reverberated throughout history. The shock led to expulsion. Fascinated by how Indians were dehumanised and portrayed as 'other' and the disingenuous reasoning that this was the responsibility of one heavy handed individual: General Dyer. What's more important and never discussed is the endemic system that produced Dyer and the ruling class of The Raj.
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