Britain's declining empire: the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968
"[This book] is an authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policy-making with case studies on the experience of decolonisation...
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| Zusammenfassung: | "[This book] is an authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policy-making with case studies on the experience of decolonisation across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He describes the often dysfunctional policies of an imperial system coping with postwar, interwar and wartime crises from 1918 to 1945 but the main emphasis is on the period after 1945 and the gradual unravelling of empire as a result of international criticism and of growing imbalance between Britain's capabilities and its global commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in 1947 to Swaziland in 1968 and of the major crises such as Mau Mau and Suez, and assesses the role of leading figures from Churchill, Attlee and Eden to Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential reading for scholars and students of empire and decolonisation."--Publisher's description, from p.[4] of cover. |
| Beschreibung: | XVII, 464 S. Ill., Kt. |
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| adam_text | Contents
Frontispiece page
ii
List of illustrations
vii
Maps
ix
Preface
xi
List of abbreviations
xvi
Introduction
1
1
The essence of the empire
1
2
The futility and the irony
12
1
The whole world is rocking : British governments and
a dysfunctional imperial system,
1918-1945 30
1
Racism
37
2
Zionism
49
3
Nationalism
59
4
Idealism: the British Commonwealth
69
5
Geopolitics
73
6
New directions
-
and war
84
2
British imperialism is dead : the Attlee government and the
end of empire,
1945-1951 94
1
Who was in charge?
97
2
The transfer of power in Asia: India, Burma, and Ceylon
104
3
Palestine
123
4
Economic problems and geopolitical imperatives
130
5
The new African policy
139
6
The Gold Coast
146
7
Cyprus and Enosis
150
8
The Islamic world
154
9
Labour s legacy
162
3
Rugged and tangled difficulties : the Churchill and Eden
governments and the end of empire,
1951-1956 168
1
Personalities and other constraints
171
2
The African colonies
182
3
Other territories
198
4
Commonwealth issues
212
5
Egypt: decline and fall
221
4
The wind of change is blowing
:
the Macmillan and
Douglas-Home governments and the end of empire,
1957-1964 241
1
Policy-making: ministers, officials and governors
242
2
Planning: surveys and statements
250
3
Political developments
262
4
Problems: the international context
301
5
We could no longer afford to honour our pledges
:
the Wilson government and the end of empire,
1964-1968 327
1
Mentalities and priorities
331
2
Generalities
343
3
Particularities
355
Epilogue
398
Appendix
411
Select bibliography
413
Index
452
Britain s Declining Empire is an authoritative political history of one
of the world s most important empires on the road to
decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the
end of empire which combines a study of British policy-making
with case studies on the experience of decolonisation across
Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He describes the often
dysfunctional policies of an imperial system coping with postwar,
interwar and wartime crises from
1918
to
1945
but the main
emphasis is on the period after
1945
and the gradual unravelling of
empire as a result of international criticism and of the growing
imbalance between Britain s capabilities and its global
commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in
1947
to Swaziland in
1968
and the major crises such as
Mau Mau
and Suez, and assesses the role of leading figures from Churchill,
Attlee and Eden to Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential
reading for scholars and students of empire and decolonisation.
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Contents
Frontispiece page
ii
List of illustrations
vii
Maps
ix
Preface
xi
List of abbreviations
xvi
Introduction
1
1
The essence of the empire
1
2
The futility and the irony
12
1
'The whole world is rocking': British governments and
a dysfunctional imperial system,
1918-1945 30
1
Racism
37
2
Zionism
49
3
Nationalism
59
4
Idealism: the British Commonwealth
69
5
Geopolitics
73
6
New directions
-
and war
84
2
'British imperialism is dead': the Attlee government and the
end of empire,
1945-1951 94
1
Who was in charge?
97
2
The transfer of power in Asia: India, Burma, and Ceylon
104
3
Palestine
123
4
Economic problems and geopolitical imperatives
130
5
The new African policy
139
6
The Gold Coast
146
7
Cyprus and'Enosis'
150
8
The Islamic world
154
9
Labour's legacy
162
3
'Rugged and tangled difficulties': the Churchill and Eden
governments and the end of empire,
1951-1956 168
1
Personalities and other constraints
171
2
The African colonies
182
3
Other territories
198
4
Commonwealth issues
212
5
Egypt: decline and fall
221
4
'The wind of change is blowing'
:
the Macmillan and
Douglas-Home governments and the end of empire,
1957-1964 241
1
Policy-making: ministers, officials and governors
242
2
Planning: surveys and statements
250
3
Political developments
262
4
Problems: the international context
301
5
'We could no longer afford to honour our pledges'
:
the Wilson government and the end of empire,
1964-1968 327
1
Mentalities and priorities
331
2
Generalities
343
3
Particularities
355
Epilogue
398
Appendix
411
Select bibliography
413
Index
452
Britain's Declining Empire is an authoritative political history of one
of the world's most important empires on the road to
decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the
end of empire which combines a study of British policy-making
with case studies on the experience of decolonisation across
Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He describes the often
dysfunctional policies of an imperial system coping with postwar,
interwar and wartime crises from
1918
to
1945
but the main
emphasis is on the period after
1945
and the gradual unravelling of
empire as a result of international criticism and of the growing
imbalance between Britain's capabilities and its global
commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in
1947
to Swaziland in
1968
and the major crises such as
Mau Mau
and Suez, and assesses the role of leading figures from Churchill,
Attlee and Eden to Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential
reading for scholars and students of empire and decolonisation. |
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| spelling | Hyam, Ronald Verfasser (DE-588)133472868 aut Britain's declining empire the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 Ronald Hyam 1. publ. Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2006 XVII, 464 S. Ill., Kt. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "[This book] is an authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which combines a study of British policy-making with case studies on the experience of decolonisation across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean. He describes the often dysfunctional policies of an imperial system coping with postwar, interwar and wartime crises from 1918 to 1945 but the main emphasis is on the period after 1945 and the gradual unravelling of empire as a result of international criticism and of growing imbalance between Britain's capabilities and its global commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in 1947 to Swaziland in 1968 and of the major crises such as Mau Mau and Suez, and assesses the role of leading figures from Churchill, Attlee and Eden to Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential reading for scholars and students of empire and decolonisation."--Publisher's description, from p.[4] of cover. Commonwealth (DE-588)4010437-0 gnd rswk-swf Geschichte 1918-1968 gnd rswk-swf Dekolonisatie gtt Geschichte Kolonie Decolonization Colonies Great Britain History Imperialism History Entkolonialisierung (DE-588)4070860-3 gnd rswk-swf Britse Gemenebest gtt Britse Rijk gtt Großbritannien Great Britain Colonies History Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 gnd rswk-swf Commonwealth (DE-588)4010437-0 b Entkolonialisierung (DE-588)4070860-3 s Geschichte 1918-1968 z DE-188 Großbritannien (DE-588)4022153-2 g Digitalisierung UB Passau application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=015434741&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis Digitalisierung UB Passau application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=015434741&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext |
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| title | Britain's declining empire the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 |
| title_auth | Britain's declining empire the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 |
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| title_full | Britain's declining empire the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 Ronald Hyam |
| title_fullStr | Britain's declining empire the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 Ronald Hyam |
| title_full_unstemmed | Britain's declining empire the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 Ronald Hyam |
| title_short | Britain's declining empire |
| title_sort | britain s declining empire the road to decolonisation 1918 1968 |
| title_sub | the road to decolonisation ; 1918 - 1968 |
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