Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India /

Main Author: Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2006.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942
  • From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942
  • From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944
  • Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945
  • From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946
  • The interim government, June-December 1946
  • Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947
  • Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947
  • Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947
  • Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948.