Welcome to IOU Digital Library

In "Shameful Flight," historian Stanley Wolpert examines the British withdrawal from India, focusing on the period between February 1942 and the Indo-Pakistani war over Kashmir in 1948. The book delves into the complex relationships among Hindus, Muslims, British civil servants, and politicians, highlighting the leadership failures that led to the partition of India and the subsequent loss of hundreds of thousands of lives. Wolpert provides a detailed, month-by-month analysis of the events and decisions that culminated in this tragic chapter of history.

no reviews

245: $a: SHAMEFUL FLIGHT The Last Years of the British Empire in India
245: $b:
082: $a:
100: $a: Stanley Wolpert
650: $a: History
250: $a: 1st
440: $v:
250: $b: Oxford University Press
250: $c: 2006
020: $a: 9780195151985
300: $a: 258