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""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 worldwide institution that he had served devotedly for most of his life. The majority of the British people, who believed that 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 in August 1947, coinciding with a devastating sterling crisis and a collapse of British will to continue their Mandate in Palestine. How did this rapid change of fortune come about?" "Peter Clarke's book is the first to analyse in detail the losing hand that Britain was dealt in the last years of the war and then to see how that hand was played over the next two years by Churchill's successors. Its originality lies in the detailed narrative that shows how military, political and economic developments bore down upon each other. It make

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Author

PETER F. CLARKE

Publisher

Allen Lane - Penguin

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780713998306

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

History, Language Learning, Political Science