Fighting retreat : Churchill and India
Reid, Walter, 1944-2024
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Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the sub-continent - or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully. Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage in the 1930s. As Prime Minister during the Second World War, Churchill frustrated the freedom struggle from behind the scenes, delaying independence by a decade. This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish. The same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office, risking his career with his generosity to the Boers and the Irish, and later speeding up independence in the Middle East.
Main title:
Fighting retreat : Churchill and India / Walter Reid.
Author:
Reid, Walter, 1944-, author
Imprint:
London : Hurst & Company, 2024.
Collation:
xiv, 330 pages ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781805260509 (hbk)
Dewey class:
941.084092B CHU
LC class:
DA566.9.C5
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
3748535