Ends of British Imperialism: The Scramble for Empire, Suez, and Decolonization: Collected Essays

by William Roger Louis and Wm. Roger Louis

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845113470
• ISBN13: 9781845113476
• Release Date: May 2007
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 1065 Pages
• Weight: 2.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.8" x 6.1" x 8.8"