Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire By Erik Linstrum.

The article discusses the ongoing presence of violence in Britain's former colonies and the need to confront the realities of colonial oppression. It highlights Erik Linstrum's study, "Age of Emergency: Living with Violence at the End of the British Empire," which explores the British society's compliance with, support for, and opposition to colonial violence during the late-imperial period of the 1950s. The study reveals that Britons were not unaware or disengaged from oppressive counterinsurgency strategies, but rather constantly struggled with their complicity in colonial violence. The book covers a wide range of individuals and groups involved in or interacting with colonial wars, shedding light on the complex mix of responses to violence. The study is praised for its extensive archival research and its contribution to the understanding of colonial violence and the end of the empire. [Extracted from the article]