03320nam 2200625Ia 450 991045699640332120200520144314.00-19-988229-01-282-36767-697866123676700-19-974504-8(CKB)2550000000002305(EBL)472405(OCoLC)536246934(SSID)ssj0000342849(PQKBManifestationID)12070392(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342849(PQKBWorkID)10287374(PQKB)11291459(MiAaPQ)EBC472405(Au-PeEL)EBL472405(CaPaEBR)ebr10358343(CaONFJC)MIL236767(EXLCZ)99255000000000230520060228d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShameful flight[electronic resource] the last years of the British Empire in India /Stanley WolpertOxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (258 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-19-515198-4 0-19-539394-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.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 19467 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; ZBritain's precipitous and ill-planned disengagement from India in 1947--condemned as a ""shameful flight"" by Winston Churchill--had a 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, painBritishIndiaHistory20th centuryIndiaHistoryPartition, 1947IndiaHistoryQuit India movement, 1942IndiaHistory20th centuryElectronic books.BritishHistory954.0359Wolpert Stanley A.1927-174198MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456996403321Shameful flight2277415UNINA