Last Weapons: Hunger Strikes and Fasts in the British Empire, 1890-1948

Last Weapons explains how the use of hunger strikes and fasts in political protest became a global phenomenon. Exploring the proliferation of hunger as a form of protest between the late—nineteenth and mid—twentieth centuries, Kevin Grant traces this radical tactic as it spread through trans—imperial networks among revolutionaries and civil—rights activists from Russia to Britain to Ireland to India and beyond. He shows how the significance of hunger strikes and fasts refracted across polit...