Fifty years ago, as de-colonization accelerated, no one had a good word to say for imperialism. Nowadays, it is extolled for spreading economic progress, the rule of law, and science and technology to countries that would never have benefited from them otherwise.
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LONDON – History has no final verdicts. Major shifts in events and power bring about new subjects for discussion and new interpretations.