1st Edition

British Government Policy and Decolonisation, 1945-63 Scrutinising the Official Mind

By Frank Heinlein Copyright 2002
    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    352 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book is an in-depth study of the importnace of the Empire-Commonwealth in the two decades after WWII for Britain's self-image as a great power. By studying a wide range of debates on general and specific imperial problems, the book highlights the "official mind" of decolonization - and of late imperialism.

    The Empire-Commonwealth under the Attlee governments; the Empire-Commonwealth under Churchill and Eden; the Empire-Commonwealth under the first Macmillan government; the Empire-Commonwealth under the second Macmillan government.

    Biography

    Frank Heinlein

    'Meticulously researched and records the naval events for the first time. In the light of the current problems of illegal immigration from the sea taking place in various parts of the world, it is extremely relevant today. Recommended.' - Warship World