ISBN:
9780465024810
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9780465002016
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0465002013
Language:
English
Pages:
xxxi, 332 Seiten
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Karten
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25 cm
Year of publication:
2010
Parallel Title:
Online-Ausg. Mukerjee, Madhusree Churchill's secret war
DDC:
954.03/59
Keywords:
Churchill, Winston
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Churchill, Winston 1874-1965
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Famines
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World War, 1939-1945 Influence
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Famines India
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Bengal
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World War, 1939-1945 Influence
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Great Britain Foreign relations
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India History 20th century
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Great Britain Colonies 20th century
;
History
;
India Foreign relations
;
India History
;
20th century
;
Great Britain Foreign relations
;
India
;
India Foreign relations
;
Great Britain
;
Great Britain Colonies
;
History
;
20th century
;
Churchill, Winston 1874-1965
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Großbritannien
;
Britisch-Indien
;
Hungersnot
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
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Churchill, Winston 1874-1965
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Großbritannien
;
Indien
;
Hungersnot
;
Zweiter Weltkrieg
Abstract:
Examines Winston Churchill's efforts to defeat the freedom movement in India during World War II, comparing his actions in Europe to the decisions he made between 1940 and 1944, which resulted in the deaths of more than three million men, women, and children in India
Description / Table of Contents:
Prologue: Our title to India -- Empire at war -- Harvesting the colonies -- Scorched -- At any price -- Death of a thousand cuts -- An occupied and starving country -- In the village -- On the street -- Run rabbit run -- Life after death -- Split and quit -- The reckoning.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Hier auch später erschienene, unveränderte Nachdrucke
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http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31289
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http://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37898
