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Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India.
by Wolpert, Stanley
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- Paperback
- first
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- ISBN 10
- 0195393945
- ISBN 13
- 9780195393941
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About This Item
Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP), 2009. 1st ed.. Paperback large octavo, very good condition, black & white photos, top corner front cover little creased, minor edgewear. 238 pp. Britainâs 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. A vivid behind-the-scenes look at Britain's decision to divest itself from the crown jewel of its empire.
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- Bookseller
- Bookhome Sydney (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 30557
- Title
- Shameful Flight: The Last Years of the British Empire in India.
- Author
- Wolpert, Stanley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st ed.
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0195393945
- ISBN 13
- 9780195393941
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Place of Publication
- Oxford
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- history, asia, india, britain
- Bookseller catalogs
- ASIA;
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About Bookhome Sydney
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...