03220nam 2200697Ia 450 991082597100332120200520144314.00-19-771625-30-19-988229-01-282-36767-697866123676700-19-974504-810.1093/oso/9780195151985.001.0001(CKB)2550000000002305(EBL)472405(OCoLC)536246934(SSID)ssj0000342849(PQKBManifestationID)12070392(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342849(PQKBWorkID)10287374(PQKB)11291459(Au-PeEL)EBL472405(CaPaEBR)ebr10358343(CaONFJC)MIL236767(MiAaPQ)EBC472405(OCoLC)1406783949(StDuBDS)9780197716250(EXLCZ)99255000000000230520060228d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrShameful flight the last years of the British Empire in India /Stanley Wolpert1st ed.Oxford ;New York Oxford University Press20061 online resource (258 p.)Oxford scholarship onlinePreviously issued in print: 2006.0-19-515198-4 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; ZFocusing on the last half decade of the British in India, this book argues that the hasty departure of the British from the subcontinent laid the groundwork for the continuing violence between India and Pakistan. It tells about events that have been turning points in the history of India, Pakistan, and Britain.Oxford scholarship online.BritishIndiaHistory20th centuryIndiaHistoryPartition, 1947IndiaHistoryQuit India movement, 1942IndiaHistory20th centuryBritishHistory954.0359Wolpert Stanley A.1927-174198MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910825971003321Shameful flight3978541UNINA