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Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India
- Title
- Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert.
- Author
- Wolpert, Stanley, 1927-2019.
- Publication
- Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | JFE 06-13528 | Text | Use in library | JFE 06-13528 JFE 06-13528 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- xii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps; 24 cm.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 06-13528
- ISBN
- 0195151984 (hc : alk. paper)
- 9780195151985 (hc : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006040121
- OCLC
- 64595970
- Author
- Wolpert, Stanley, 1927-2019.
- Title
- Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert.
- Imprint
- Oxford, UK ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 06-13528