Britain and Empire : adjusting to a post-imperial world
This is a study of Britain's gradual abandonment of her global and imperial role, relating formal decolonisation and the wider evolution of the Commonwealth to changes in international relations and in Britain's domestic affairs
History
xv, 249 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
9781860644481, 9781860644498, 1860644481, 186064449X
48585806
Introduction
The imperial system between the wars
The impact of the Second World War
Attlee and post-war adjustments, 1945-51
Change and control under Churchill and Eden, 1951-1957
Winds of change, 1957-64
Imperial aftermath
Conclusion
On cover: "Foundations of Britain."