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Crises of empire, decolonization and Europe's imperial states, 1918-1975, Martin Thomas, Bob Moore, and L.J. Butler

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

maps

index present

non fiction

Crises of empire

bibliography

Martin Thomas, Bob Moore, and L.J. Butler

decolonization and Europe's imperial states, 1918-1975

Part one : British decolonization. The British empire, 1918-1945 : interwar change and wartime pressures ; The first wave of British colonization : commonwealth territories, south Asia and the Gold Coast, 1945-1951 ; British decolonization, insurgency and strategic reverse : the Middle East, Africa and Malaya, 1951-1957 -- Part two : French decolonization. The roots of French decolonization : ideas, economics and reform, 1900-1946 ; Decolonizing the French African federations after 1945 ; People's war and the collapse of French Indochina, 1945-1954 ; From French North Africa to Maghreb independence : decolonization in Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria, 1945-1956 ; Algeria's violent struggle for independence ; Territories apart : Madagaskar, the Togo trusteeship and French island territories -- Part three : Dutch decolonization. An 'ethical imperialism? : the Dutch colonial empire before 1945 ; Indonesia : the politics of delusion, 1940-1947 ; Indonesia : the realities of diplomacy ; Unfinished business : New Guinea as a last outpost of empire ; Decolonization by default : Dutch disengagement in Suriname -- Part four : Contrasting patterns of decolonization : Belgian and Portuguese Africa