Forgotten wars : the end of Britain's Asian empire /

This extraordinary book is a vivid, highly original account of the creation of a new Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that swept the British Empire aside. It tells the definitive story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British...

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Main Authors: Bayly, Christopher (Author), Harper, Tim (Author)
Format: Bog
Sprog:engelsk
Udgivet: London : Penguin books, 2008.
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