Liquidation of Empire: The Decline of the British Empire

by R. Douglas

Overview

In 1945, Britain emerged as one of the 'Big Three' victors of the Second World War. Most people, in Britain and elsewhere, seem to have assumed that the British Empire would endure for a very long time to come. Yet within twenty years British power and influence had been enormously reduced. This book studies the causes and course of the process.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780333804544
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	07/16/2002
Edition description:	2002
Pages:	190
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.99(h) x 0.03(d)

About the Author

ROY DOUGLAS, Emeritus Reader at the University of Surrey, is author of a number of books on aspects of political history, mainly of the late nineteenth and twentieth centuries. These include studies of the Liberal Party, of the Land Question in British Politics and of the history of Taxation. He has also written several books on diplomatic history, mainly of the period 1938-48.

Table of Contents

Zenith Between the Wars Coming of War War in the Pacific Aftermath of War Ottoman Succession The Road to Suez Colonial Africa Southern Africa Smaller Colonies Seeking a Role Reflections