Liberty or death : India's journey to independence and division

著者

• French, Patrick

書誌事項

Liberty or death : India's journey to independence and division

Patrick French

Flamingo, 1998, c1997

注記

Originally published: London : HarperCollins, 1997

Bibliography: p. 449-451

Includes index

内容説明・目次

内容説明

'A remarkable achievement' Philip Ziegler, Daily Telegraph 'Brilliant!There can be no doubt that Patrick French is the most impressive Western historian of modern India currently at work' Frank McLynn, Glasgow Herald At midnight on 14 August 1947, Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, over a million being massacred on the way. Britain's role as world power came to an end, and the course of Asia's future was irrevocably set. Using a compelling mixture of scholarship, travel and personal narrative, Patrick French offers a radical reinterpretation of the events surrounding India's independence and partition, including the disastrous mistakes made by politicians, and the bizarre reasoning behind many of their decisions. Exploring the interplay between characters such as Churchill, Mountbatten and Gandhi, it reveals a fascinating tale of idealism and manipulation, hope and tragedy. With sources ranging from newly declassified secret documents to the memories of refugees, Patrick French gives a riveting account of an epic debacle, the impact of which reverberates across Asia to this day.

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BA52273247
• ISBN:
  • 0006550452
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: xxv, 466 p, [16] p. of plates
• 大きさ: 20 cm
• 分類:
  • DC21 : 954.035
  • NDC9 : 312.25
• 件名:
  • LCSH : Nationalism -- India -- History
  • LCSH : India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947
  • LCSH : India -- History -- Partition, 1947