Shameful Flight The Last Years of the British Empire in India

Name: Shameful Flight The Last Years of the British Empire in India
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ISBN: 9780195393941

ISBN-10: 0195393945

ISBN-13: 9780195393941

Edition: 2009

Authors: Stanley Wolpert

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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 lastedover 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, paintsmemorable portraits of all the key participants, including Gandhi, Churchill, Attlee, Nehru, and…

Book details

List price: $24.99
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 9/17/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.10" wide x 9.10" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English

Stanley Wolpertis the author of fourteen books, includingIndia,now in its fourth edition from UC Press,A New History of India,now in its eighth edition, andGandhi's Passion: The Life and Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi.He is Professor Emeritus in the History Department at the University of California, Los Angeles.