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Part One: How the British Empire and U.S. Department of Defense Murdered an Island Paradise

Behind the Bastards

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History of Diego Garcia and the Chagos Islands

Exploring the economic significance and shifting control of the Chagos Islands throughout history, revealing the islanders' autonomous life, matriarchal society, and idyllic existence despite their origins as a slave plantation.

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