TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wolpert,Stanley
TI  - Shameful flight: the last years of the British Empire in India 
SN  - 9780199745043
AV  - DS480.842 .W65 2009eb
U1  - 954.0359 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - British
KW  - India
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Britanniques
KW  - Inde
KW  - Histoire
KW  - 20e siècle
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1919-1947
KW  - Partition, 1947
KW  - Quit India movement, 1942
KW  - 1947-
KW  - Politique et gouvernement
KW  - 1947 (Partage)
KW  - 1942 (Campagne "Quit India")
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
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