Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert.
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- British -- India -- History -- 20th century
- India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947
- India -- History -- Partition, 1947
- India -- History -- Quit India movement, 1942
- India -- History -- 1947-
- Britanniques -- Inde -- Histoire -- 20e siècle
- Inde -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1919-1947
- Inde -- Histoire -- 1947 (Partage)
- Inde -- Histoire -- 1942 (Campagne "Quit India")
- Inde -- Histoire -- 1947-
- HISTORY
- British
- Politics and government
- India
- Partition of India (India : 1947)
- Quit India Movement (India : 1942)
- Since 1900
- 954.0359 22
- DS480.842 .W65 2009eb
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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 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 histo.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 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 1946.
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