In Defense of German Colonialism
And How Its Critics Empowered Nazis, Communists, and the Enemies of the West

Wow! This book blew my mind. Get ready for the biggest reversal on a topic that you'll likely ever experience! I knew I liked Prof Gilley's work because I'd read his groundbreaking essay "The Case for Colonialism," and his response to his critics. But this book delivered a lot more of what that essa......more

This book is a fantastic exposition of the nearly universal distortion of history at play today. The author explores the worst of the worst attacks launched against the German Empire regarding its colonial past and the reader comes through unscathed. The author believes that a proper understanding o......more

In Defense of German Colonialism is a polemic in favor of German colonialism and its place in the European colonial project that reached its apotheosis at the Berlin Conference. That's its primary purpose, so much of the book is about how the views of German colonialism developed as well as modern s......more

In Defense of German Colonialism by Bruce Gilley [URL not allowed]@peterseanbradle/c... This is not the time to write an apology for colonialism. Western cultural elites have decided that colonialism is the worst phenomenon in human history. In this book, author Bruce Gilley explores the anti-coloni......more

Author’s point: German colonialism brought much more good than bad to the poorer, less developed places that were blessed enough to have it. Gilley's writing is lively and pleasing. My evaluation: Demonic forces that want to destabilize cultures where Christianity has taken some root attack colonial......more