The Last Thousand Days of the British Empire
The Demise of a Superpower, 1944-47
'I have not become the King's First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.'Winston Churchill's famous statement in November 1942, just as the tide of the Second World War was beginning to turn, pugnaciously proclaimed his loyalty to the world-wide institution which he had served devotedly for most of his life. The majority of the British people, who believed they were fighting the war to beat the Germans and preserve the Empire, shared his view. Yet less than five years after Churchill's trenchant speech, and despite - apparently - winning the war, the British Empire effectively ended with Indian Independence…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-14-190638-6
- EAN: 9780141906386
- Produktnummer: 17830901
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
- Seitenangabe: 608 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 3'083 KB
Über den Autor
Peter Clarke was Professor of Modern British History from 1991-2004 at Cambridge University and Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge between 2000 and 2003. He is the author of a number of important books, including Hope and Glory: Britain 1900-1990 (1996) (the acclaimed history of Britain in the twentieth century) and A Question of Leadership: Gladstone to Blair (1999), both available in Penguin paperback. He is a Fellow of the British Academy and reviews books regularly for The Times Literary Supplement, the London Review of Books and the Sunday Times.
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