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It wasn't peaceful. It was that the UK was broke and couldn't afford to keep invading places that weren't making money for it:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malayan_Emergency

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suez_Crisis

>>thrown+(OP)
See also:

https://www.historyireland.com/frank-kitson-northern-ireland...

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/mar/13/legacy-of-viol...