Wolpert, Stanley A., 1927-

Shameful flight : the last years of the British Empire in India / Stanley Wolpert. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - xii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942 (Page-13), From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942 (Page-35), From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944 (Page-53), Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945 (Page-67), From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946 (Page-89), The interim government, June-December 1946 (Page-109), Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947 (Page-129), Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947 (Page-153), Freedom's wooden loaf, September-December 1947 (Page-173), Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948 (Page-183),

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