Imperial Endgame [electronic resource] : Britain's Dirty Wars and the End of Empire /
Grob-Fitzgibbon, B.author.
In this fresh and controversial account of Britain's end of empire, Grob-Fitzgibbon reveals that the British government developed a successful strategy of decolonization following the Second World War based on devolving power to indigenous peoples within the Commonwealth.
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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Maps""; ""Prologue""; ""1 The Attlee Years, July 27, 1945, to October 26, 1951""; ""I. A promised land, but to whom?""; ""II. The American intervention""; ""III. The terror begins again""; ""IV. The end of compromise""; ""V. Into the abyss""; ""VI. The Endgame in Palestine""; ""VII. Trouble comes to Malaya""; ""VIII. The appointment of Sir Harold Briggs""; ""IX. The Special Air Service, the Briggs Plan, and progress in Malaya""; ""X. The end of the Attlee years""; ""2 The Churchill Years, October 26, 1951, to April 7, 1955""
""I. A new government, a new approach""""II. The carrot and the stick""; ""III. The challenge of Mau Mau""; ""IV. The General's stamp in Malaya""; ""V. ""The Horned Shadow of the Devil Himself""""; ""VI. Dirty wars, dirty deeds""; ""VII. A fresh start in Kenya?""; ""VIII. The end of the Churchill years""; ""3 The Eden Years, April 7, 1955, to January 10, 1957""; ""I. Problems in paradise""; ""II. Templer's return""; ""III. The Dirty wars become even dirtier""; ""IV. Suez""; ""V. The endgame for Anthony Eden""; ""Epilogue: The Imperial Endgame after Eden""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""
""Index""
Includes bibliographical references and index.
In this fresh and controversial account of Britain's end of empire, Grob-Fitzgibbon reveals that the British government developed a successful strategy of decolonization following the Second World War based on devolving power to indigenous peoples within the Commonwealth.
Great Britain-History.
Imperialism.
World politics.
History, Modern.
World history.
History of Britain and Ireland.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Political History.
Modern History.
World History, Global and Transnational History.