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Author Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-2019.

Title Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert.

Imprint Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  954.0359 W836s 2006    ---  Available
Description xii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography 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.
Subject British -- India -- History -- 20th century.
India -- History -- Partition, 1947.
India -- History -- Quit India movement, 1942.
India -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN 0195151984 (alk. paper)
9780195151985
Standard No. YDXCP 2420024
IG# 0195151984
NZ1 10723097

 
    
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