Martin George Holmes

Not surprisingly, neoconservatives have tried to rehabilitate the British Empire, calling it benign and a civilizing force in Africa and Asia. Like all other empires, however, it was held together by violence and subjugation.

British popular Liberalism was insufficiently committed to classical-liberal principles and this waywardness explains why it became increasingly interventionist as of the mid-nineteenth century.

Most Western historians claim that World War I came about because of aggression from Germany and Austria-Hungary. However, Great Britain and its ANZAC allies were not innocent bystanders.