Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert.

Author/creator Wolpert, Stanley
Format Book
Publication InfoOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxii, 238 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentPublisher description
Subjects

Contents 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 1947 -- 8. Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947 -- 9. Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947 -- 10. Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.
LCCN 2006040121
ISBN0195151984 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780195151985

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks DS480.45 W55 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold