Decolonization Since 1945
Subtitle: The Collapse of European Overseas Empires (Studies in Contemporary History)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 7, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780333746004
Subjects: Colonization & independence; World history: from c 1900 -; History: World; History; History - General History; Textbooks; Europe; Europe - General; History / Europe / General
First sentence: One of the most momentous changes to take place in the post-1945 world has been the dismemberment and almost complete removal of th European colonial or maritime empires set u in Africa, Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific, the Mediterranean and the Caribbean.