Yes, I can see Peter's road to anti-colonialism - at least partial, as he is aware of positive aspects of dissemination "civilization". What I was trying to point out, is that - despite Susan's reaction - the end of that road is not contradictory to it's beginning.
I said I wouldn't analyze previous chapters, but - as we're talking about serious metters of recent history - maybe one more issue. In Change of Heart 2 Edmund gets interest in post-war court and problems of laws which could be used, authority of a victor's justice etc. It should be also pointed that those controversies pale in comparison with a fact, that among people who were judging crimes againt humanity was Stalin.