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Ends of British Imperialism
William Roger Louis
其他書名
The Scramble for Empire, Suez and Decolonization : Collected Essays
出版Palgrave Macmillan Limited, 2006
主題History / GeneralHistory / Europe / Great Britain / GeneralHistory / WorldPolitical Science / Imperialism
ISBN18451130989781845113094
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=Xx5nAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This is a major work of imperial history, by (in the words of A.J.P. Taylor) 'the foremost historian of the British Empire and Commonwealth in his generation'. Louis traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa - itself the mirror-image of what was to become decolonization - through the Mandates system of 'sacred trust', the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and finally, to the unstoppable mid-20th century rush to independence. Of particular relevance as its 50th anniversary approaches, the Suez crisis was the icon of empire's end. It forms the ideal platform from which to examine the aims and outcome of empire. This authoritative and highly engaging history appears at a time when interest in the history of the British Empire has, ironically, never been stronger, making Ends of British Imperialism a must-read item for both scholar and general reader.