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Wolpert Stanley A. <1927-> |
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Titolo |
Shameful flight [[electronic resource] ] : the last years of the British Empire in India / / Stanley Wolpert |
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Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-771625-3 |
0-19-988229-0 |
1-282-36767-6 |
9786612367670 |
0-19-974504-8 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (258 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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British - India - History - 20th century |
India History Partition, 1947 |
India History Quit India movement, 1942 |
India History 20th century |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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SHAMEFUL FLIGHT: The Last Years of the British Empire in India; Introduction; 1 From the Fall of Singapore to the Failure of Cripps's Mission, February-April 1942; 2 From Cripps's Failure to the Failure of the Congress Party's "Quit India" Movement, April-October 1942; 3 From Gandhi's Fast through the First Year of Wavell's Viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944; 4 Summit Failures and Cabinet Obstacles, August 1944-July 1945; 5 From the End of World War II through the Cabinet Mission, August 1945-June 1946; 6 The Interim Government, June-December 1946 |
7 Lord Mountbatten's Last Chukka, December 1946-June 19478 Partitioned Transfer of Power, June-August 1947; 9 Freedom's Wooden Loaf, September-December 1947; 10 Indo-Pak War over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Britain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a ""shameful flight"" by Winston Churchill--had a |
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truly catastrophic effect on South Asia, leaving hundreds of thousands of people dead in its wake and creating a legacy of chaos, hatred, and war that has lasted over half a century. Ranging from the fall of Singapore in 1942 to the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi in 1948, Shameful Flight provides a vivid behind-the-scenes look at Britain's decision to divest itself from the crown jewel of its empire. Stanley Wolpert, a leading authority on Indian history, pain |
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