Forgotten Wars - The End of Britain's Asian Empire

Informationen zum Autor Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper jointly wrote the highly praised Forgotten Armies: The Fall of British Asia, 1941-45 which is a prelude to this book. Klappentext Provides an account of the creation of an Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. This book tells the story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped those countries' futures. Zusammenfassung This extraordinary book is a vivid, highly original account of the creation of a new Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. It tells the definitive story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped those countries' futures.

Product details

• Authors: Christopher Bayly, Tim Harper
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.01.2008
• EAN: 9780141017389
• ISBN: 978-0-14-101738-9
• No. of pages: 720
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, Asia, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, HISTORY / Military / Wars & Conflicts (Other), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, c 1950 to c 1959, Colonialism and imperialism, C 1945 To C 1960