The last thousand days of the British empire:Churchill, Roosevelt, and the birth of the Pax Americana
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Bloomsbury Press Distributed to the trade by Macmillan,
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Publisher Address: | New York |
Publication Dates: | c2008. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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 |
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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 |