Episode · Behind the Bastards · 2024-06-18
Books mentioned on Part One: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise
Robert welcomes Andrew Ti back to the show to tell the story of the Chagos Islands, a paradise founded by former slaves that was wiped out by the British empire so they could lease it to the U.S.
Robert Evans discussed Island of shame by David Vine and Web of deceit by Mark Curtis.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Island of shame
Island of Shame by David Vine is a historical nonfiction book that examines the geopolitical and human cost behind the forced displacement of the indigenous population from the Chagos Archipelago to make way for a U.S.
Discussed“from the book island of shade Name by David Vine French settlers built societies on the islands around enslaved labor and particularly and mor idus the cultivation of sugar cane”
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Web of deceit
Web of Deceit by Mark Curtis is a critical historical investigation into British foreign policy that exposes secret government documents and challenges official narratives regarding imperial actions and international law.
Discussed“in his 2003 book web of Deceit Mark Curtis notes that in making this agreement quote Britain thus ignored UN resolution 266 XX which called on the UK to take no action which would dismember the territory of Meridius and violate its territorial Integrity but chagos was the middle of nowhere”
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