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Empire Lost - Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War (Hardcover)
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Empire Lost - Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War (Hardcover)
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This fascinating book explores British imperial unity at the
outbreak of the Second World War and how this ultimately led to its
own dissolution in post-war years. In September 1939, four of the
five dominions took the decision to support Neville Chamberlain's
London-based government and declare war on Nazi Germany. This was
to be the last great outpouring of British imperial unity. Entering
the fray as 'self-autonomous' they finished it as fledgling states
whose long-held political, military, economic and cultural ties
with the Mother Country were now uncertain. The Second World War
brought military triumphs and catastrophes for the Imperial
Coalition. More importantly, it also brought political awareness
and a weakening of central power. The war that defeated the Nazi
Reich also helped destroy the historically accepted unity of the
British Empire.Using government records, private letters and
diaries and contemporary media sources, this book examines the key
themes affecting the relationship between Britain and the Dominions
during the Second World War, the Empire's last great conflict. It
asks why this political and military coalition was ultimately
successful in overcoming the challenge of the Axis powers but, in
the process, proved unable to preserve itself. Although these
changes were inevitable the manner of the evolution was sometimes
painful, as Britain's wartime economic decline left its political
position exposed in a changing post-war international system.
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