An authoritative political history of one of the world's most
important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's 2007
book offers a major reassessment of the end of empire which
combines a study of British policymaking with case studies on the
experience of decolonization across Africa, Asia and the Caribbean.
He describes the dysfunctional policies of an imperial system
coping with postwar, interwar and wartime crises from 1918 to 1945
but the main emphasis is on the period after 1945 and the gradual
unravelling of empire as a result of international criticism, and
the growing imbalance between Britain's capabilities and its global
commitments. He analyses the transfers of power from India in 1947
to Swaziland in 1968, the major crises such as Suez and assesses
the role of leading figures from Churchill, Attlee and Eden to
Macmillan and Wilson. This is essential reading for scholars and
students of empire and decolonisation.
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