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The last thousand days of the British empire：Churchill, Roosevelt, and the birth of the Pax Americana

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Main Authors: Clarke P. F
Published: Bloomsbury Press Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
Publisher Address: New York
Publication Dates: c2008.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Churchill > Winston > 1874-1965.
World War, 1939-1945 > Great Britain
Decolonization > Colonies > Great Britain > History > 20th century
Imperialism > History > 20th century
Great Britain > Foreign relations > 1945-1964
Great Britain > Foreign relations > United States
Great Britain > Politics and government > 1945-1964
United States > Foreign relations > Great Britain
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953
Great Britain > Colonies > History > 20th century
Carrier Form: xxvii, 559 p., [16] p. of plates: ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 9781596915312 (alk. paper)
1596915315 (alk. paper)
Index Number: K561
CLC: K561.46
D871.225.61
Call Number: K561.46/C599
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 516-545) and index.
1: Broad, sunlit uplands -- Prologue : 1941-4 -- 2: False summits -- The spirit of Quebec : September 1944 -- Setbacks : October-November 1944 -- Bad to worse : November-December 1944 -- Battles of the bulge : December 1944-January 1945 -- Awaiting the big three : January-February 1945 -- Yalta : February 1945 -- 3: Hollow victories -- Faltering and altering : February-March 1945 -- Shadows of death : March-April 1945 -- Justice? / May 1945 -- Peace, politics and Potsdam / June-July 1945 -- 4: The liquidation of the British Empire -- Hopes betrayed : August-October 1945 -- The costs of victo

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