A Fighting Retreat: The British Empire 1947-1997

British Empire, 1947-1997

Cover Art for 9780340635216, A Fighting Retreat: The British Empire 1947-1997 by Robin Neillands
ISBN: 9780340635216
Publisher: Trafalgar Square
Published: 5 June, 1997
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Links Australian Libraries (Trove)
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The history of the decline of the British Empire is traced from the partition of India in 1947 to the handing back of Hong Kong in 1997. Oral histories of civil and military individuals are used to explore and explain such events as the Suez Crisis of 1956 and the unrest in Northern Ireland.

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