Exiting War The British Empire and the 1918-20 Moment

Exiting war explores a particular 1918-20 'moment' in the British Empire's history, between the First World War's armistices of 1918, and the peace treaties of 1919 and 1920. That moment, we argue, was a challenging and transformative time for the Empire. While British authorities successfully answered some of the post-war tests they faced, such as demobilisation, repatriation, and fighting the widespread effects of the Spanish flu, the racial, social, political and economic hallmarks of their imperialism set the scene for a wide range of expressions of loyalties and disloyalties, and anticolonial movements. The book documents and conceptualises this 1918-20 'moment' and its characteristics as a crucial three-year period of transformation for and within the Empire, examining these years for the significant shifts in the imperial relationship that occurred and as laying the foundation for later change in the imperial system.

Info autore

Andrekos Varnava is Associate Professor in Modern History at Flinders University

Riassunto

This book explores a particular 1918-20 ‘moment’ in the British Empire’s history, between the First World War’s armistices of 1918, and the peace treaties of 1919 and 1920. It documents and conceptualises this 1918-20 ‘moment’ and its characteristics as a crucial three-year period of transformation for and within the Empire. -- .

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Con la collaborazione di: Romain Fathi (Editore), Margaret Hutchison (Editore), Andrekos Varnava (Editore), Professor Michael Walsh (Editore), Michael Walsh (Editore), Varnava Andrekos (Editore)
• Autori: Romain Hutchison Fathi
• Editore: Manchester University Press
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Copertina rigida
• Data pubblicazione: 31.01.2022
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > XX° secolo (fino al 1945); Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781526155849
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-5584-9
• Numero di pagine: 232
• Serie: Studies in Imperialism
• Categorie: Peace, War, First World War, British Empire, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Imperialism, Colonialism & imperialism, Social and cultural history, c 1910 to c 1919, Colonialism and imperialism, imperialism, c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), c 1914 to c 1918 (World War One period), HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century / General, Repatriation, Armistice; British Empire; First World War; imperialism; Peace; Repatriation; Sortie de guerre; War, Sortie de guerre