Decolonisation: The British Experience Since 1945

by Nicholas White

Book Overview

This updated Seminar Study provides an overview of the process of British decolonisation. The eclipse of the British Empire has been one of the central features of post-war international history. At the end of the Second World War the empire still spanned the globe and yet by the mid-1960s most of Britain's major dependencies had achieved independence.

Concisely and accessibly, the book introduces students to this often dramatic story...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415734215
• ISBN13: 9780415734219
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.9" x 9.7"