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Joining us today is Bruce Gilley. He is Professor of Political Science at Portland State University.

His books include The Right to rule how states win

and lose legitimacy. His new book is The Last Imperialist, Sir Alan Burns' epic defense of the

British Empire. And that is our topic today. Welcome, Professor Gilly. Thank you, Dr. Barrelin. It's

great to be here. First,

a general question, what brought you to the subject? Really, an accident, I would say. I mean,

I'm a political scientist, so I was someone who was paying attention to what my colleagues

were working on in terms of comparative development and which countries have succeeded and which

countries have failed and which countries have

failed.

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