LEADER 03316nam  2200625Ia 450 
001 9910780918303321
005 20230829003624.0
010   $a0-19-771625-3
010   $a0-19-988229-0
010   $a1-282-36767-6
010   $a9786612367670
010   $a0-19-974504-8
035   $a(CKB)2550000000002305
035   $a(EBL)472405
035   $a(OCoLC)536246934
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000342849
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)12070392
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000342849
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10287374
035   $a(PQKB)11291459
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL472405
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358343
035   $a(CaONFJC)MIL236767
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC472405
035   $a(EXLCZ)992550000000002305
100   $a20060228d2006      uy             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aur|n|---|||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 10$aShameful flight$b[electronic resource] $ethe last years of the British Empire in India /$fStanley Wolpert
210   $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2006
215   $a1 online resource (258 p.)
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-19-515198-4 
311   $a0-19-539394-5 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.
327   $aSHAMEFUL 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
327   $a7 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
330   $aBritain'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, pain
606   $aBritish$zIndia$xHistory$y20th century
607   $aIndia$xHistory$yPartition, 1947
607   $aIndia$xHistory$yQuit India movement, 1942
607   $aIndia$xHistory$y20th century
615  0$aBritish$xHistory
676   $a954.0359
700   $aWolpert$b Stanley A.$f1927-$0174198
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910780918303321
996   $aShameful flight$93756864
997   $aUNINA