Author:
Wolpert, Stanley, 1927-2019.
Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.
Descriptionxii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Note:From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942 -- From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942 -- From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell's viceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944 -- Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945 -- From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946 -- The interim government, June-December 1946 -- Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947 -- Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947 -- Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947 -- Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index.
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