Ends of British Imperialism

副标题: The Scramble for Empire, Suez, and Decolonization

ISBN: 9781845113094

出版社: I. B. Tauris

出版年: 2006-11-12

页数: 1065

定价: USD 35.00

装帧: Hardcover

内容简介

Pax Britannica to Pax Americana is the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering to its present extinction. Louis traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa, the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and the mid-20th century rush to independence to the Suez crisis, 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.