A fighting retreat : the British Empire, 1947-1997
Neillands, Robin, 1935-1996
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A wide-sweeping panorama of the end of British world domination, A Fighting Retreat is the stirring tale of both the long, drawn out campaigns which accompanied the transfer of power and the untold oral history of the courageous individuals who took part.
Main title:
A fighting retreat : the British Empire, 1947-1997 / Robin Neillands.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Hodder & Stoughton, 1996.
Collation:
xxii, 586p., [24]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.Includes bibliographical references (p. 561-563) and index.
ISBN:
9780340635209 (hbk)
Dewey class:
355.009171355.009171241355.094
Local class:
909.0971241
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
358934