
Review: The Anarchy: The East India Company, Corporate Violence, and the Pillage of an Empire by William Dalrymple
William Dalrymple's "The Anarchy" uncovers the brutal rise of the East India Company as a private army plundering an empire.
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William Dalrymple's "The Anarchy" uncovers the brutal rise of the East India Company as a private army plundering an empire.

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