<p>Between 1957 and 1964 the Conservative governments of Harold Macmillan and Sir Alec Douglas-Home presided over a short but key period in 20th-century British history. During this period the British Empire was transformed into a multi-racial Commonwealth. This title examines the end of the empire during its climactic phase and aims to provide a closer understanding of the dynamics involved in decolonization. Published in two parts, it contains 583 official documents and covers many aspects and areas of colonial disengagement together with the main strategic questions of continuing defence commitments in Aden, the Indian Ocean and Singapore.</p>

The Conservative Government and the End of Empire, 1957-1964: Economics, International Relations, and the Commonwealth (British Documents of the End of Empire)

Politics & Social Sciences

Hyam, Ronald

Louis, Roger

Politics & Government

The Stationery Office Books

Churchill

This study examines the controversial career of Winston Churchill. Each contributor is considered an expert on some aspect of his life, and the resulting interplay of sometimes unflattering and critical ideas about his policies and motives gives insight into how he came to be considered "the saviour of his nation". This book is for students of world and British history, especially political historians of the 20th century. It should also be of interest to readers of biographies and Churchill enthusiasts.

Blake,Robert

History

Oxford University Press

Penultimate Adventures with Britannia: Personalities, Politics and Culture in Britain

A rich and varied collection from leading scholars and writers, edited with skill and sensitivity by one of the greatest historians of empire. It provides a vivid vignette of modern cultural, literary, intellectual and political life. Penultimate Adventures with Britannia takes the reader on an engaging and fascinating journey through British society and its interaction with other cultures. It covers the cultural and literary themes but also the political, and while the collection does not shrink from conflict, there are always fascinating by-ways. The First World War is a massive theme but with glances behind the scenes, for example with Susan Pedersen's ""Frances Stevenson"" and Martin Gilbert's ""Tolkien."" The British Empire is enlivened with Bernard Porter's ""The British Empire and British Culture"" while Priaya Satia's ""The Cultural Foundation of British Power in Iraq"" brings in current international concerns, as do Geoffrey Wheatcroft's ""The Partitions of India and Ireland"" and Dane Kennedy's ""The New American Empire."" Literary and artistic themes are important and have political and historical relevance. These include Hilary Spurling's ""Reassessing Paul Scott,"" Larry Carver on ""Felix Topolski"" and Martin Francis on ""Cecil Beaton"" while Felipe Fernandez Armesto’s original and stimulating essay ""An Accidental Criminal"" rounds off this remarkably rich and rewarding volume.

Europe

I.B.Tauris

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