There is a scene early on in the magnificent three-part documentary "The British Empire in Color" depicting the wedding of an Indian prince during the final years of the Raj. After arriving for the ...

The British Empire in Colour is a major three part series that examines the history and experience of the British Empire, form the perspectives of both the rulers and the ruled. Using original colour ...

First published in 1921, the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research (JSAHR) is one of the premier journals of military history. It is published quarterly in March, June, September and ...

The color blue isn’t just the color blue. It’s metaphorical of imperialism, commerce and militarism. That’s the premise of a new exhibit at Yale Center for British Art. The student-curated show shows ...

Editor’s Note: Peter Bergen is CNN’s national security analyst, a vice president at New America, an author and a professor of practice at Arizona State University. Raised in London, Bergen has a ...

At the height of the British Empire, just after the First World War, an island smaller than Kansas controlled roughly a quarter of the world’s population and landmass. To the architects of this ...

One Fine Day: Britain’s Empire on the Brink. By Matthew Parker. PublicAffairs; 624 pages; $35. Abacus; £25 Imperial Island: A History of Empire in Modern Britain. By Charlotte Lydia Riley. Bodley Head ...