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9781845113094
Published to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the Suez Crisis, this work traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa, through the Mandates system of 'sacred trust', the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and to the unstoppable mid-20th century rush to independence.Louis, Wm. Roger is the author of 'Ends of British Imperialism The Scramble for Empire, Suez, and Decolonization Collected Essays', published 2006 under ISBN 9781845113094 and ISBN 1845113098.
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