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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aWolpert, Stanley, _d1927-2019. _91361329
245	1	0	_aShameful flight : _bthe last years of the British Empire in India / _cStanley Wolpert.
260			_aOxford ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c2009.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 238 pages) : _billustrations
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
520			_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 histo.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 223-231) and index.
505	0		_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.
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650		0	_aBritish _zIndia _xHistory _y20th century. _9227968
651		0	_aIndia _xPolitics and government _y1919-1947.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yPartition, 1947.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _yQuit India movement, 1942. _9108616
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y1947- _91361
650		6	_aBritanniques _zInde _xHistoire _y20e siècle. _91445279
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651		6	_aInde _xHistoire _y1942 (Campagne "Quit India") _91445280
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650		7	_aPolitics and government _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01919741
651		7	_aIndia. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01210276
647		7	_aPartition of India _c(India : _d1947) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01353944
647		7	_aQuit India Movement _c(India : _d1942) _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01354161
648		7	_aSince 1900 _2fast _946470
655		0	_aElectronic books.
655		4	_aElectronic books.
655		7	_aHistory. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01411628
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aWolpert, Stanley A. 1927- _tShameful flight. _dOxford ; New York : Oxford University Press 2009 _z9780195393941
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