Ends of British Imperialism: The Scramble for Empire, Suez, and Decolonization

William Roger Louis

I.B.Tauris, 2006 - History - 1065 pages

Pax Britannica to Pax Americana is the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering to its present extinction. Louis traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa, the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia, and the mid-20th century rush to independence to the Suez crisis, the icon of empire's end. It forms the ideal platform from which to examine the aims and outcome of empire. This authoritative and highly engaging history appears at a time when interest in the history of the British Empire has, ironically, never been stronger, making Ends of British Imperialism a must-read item for both scholar and general reader.

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The Ends of British Imperialism provides an excellent survey of how the British Empire rose to prominence in the 1800's and then began a decent after the second world war. This book is a collection of ...

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He is... a very old (-fashioned) diplomatic historian. It's really easy to tell in any of his work that he loves his work -- that makes me happy (am i weird?). This collection of essays is a good ...

Contents

• Scrambling out of Africa: 1
• The Colonial Empires in the Late Nineteenth: 35
• Sir Percy Andersons Grand: 51
• The Berlin Congo Conference and the Non: 75
• Partition of Africa 188485: 85
• Roger Casement and the Congo: 127
• E D Morel and the Triumph of the Congo Reform: 153
• Australia and the German Colonies in the Pacific: 185
• The Repartition of Africa during the First World War: 205
• The United States and the Colonial Settlement of 1919: 225
• The Beginning of the Mandates System of the League: 251
• British: 293
• The Critical Phase 194549: 339
• L S Amery the British: 381
• The Partitions of India and Palestine: 391
• Taking the Plunge into Indian Independence: 411
• The End of the Palestine Mandate: 419
• DECOLONIZATION: 451
• The Creation of a Client State: 503
• The Coming of Independence in the Sudan: 529
• Taxing Transfers of Power in Africa: 553
• American AntiColonialism Suez and the Special: 589
• Churchill and Egypt: 609
• Eden and Suez: 627
• John Foster: 639
• British: 665
• Britain and the United: 689
• Musaddiq Oil and the Dilemmas of British Imperialism: 727
• The Middle East Crisis of 1958: 789
• The Origins of the Iraqi Revolution: 849
• The Withdrawal from the Gulf: 877
• Robinson and Gallagher and Their Critics: 907
• The Historiography of the British Empire: 955
• Sir Keith Hancock the British: 999
• Index: 1029

About the author

Wm. Roger Louis is Kerr Professor of English History and Culture at the University of Texas at Austin and Fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Ends of British Imperialism: The Scramble for Empire, Suez, and Decolonization
• Author: William Roger Louis
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: I.B.Tauris, 2006
• ISBN: 1845113470, 9781845113476
• Length: 1065 pages
• Subjects: History / Europe / Great Britain; History / World