Making the new commonwealth / R.J. Moore.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moore, R. J. (Robin James), 1934-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

South Asia--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

South Asia.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--South Asia.

Great Britain.

Commonwealth of Nations.

Physical Description:

xi, 218 pages : map, portrait ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oxford [Oxfordshire] : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, [1987]

Summary:

Britain's transfer of power to India and Pakistan in August of 1947 instigated a holocaust in the Punjab, exacerbated hostilities over Kashmir, and left in question the relationship between South Asia, Britain, and the Commonwealth. The Attlee Government, hoping to avoid alienating either India or Pakistan, tried to devise a form of Commonwealth that would accommodate both. This book is an account of British diplomacy towards the subcontinent in the aftermath of the partition and a history of the 'London Declaration' of April 1949 that retained South Asia in the Commonwealth, an achievement regarded as the Labour Government's greatest contribution to civilization.

Notes:

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages [205]-211.

ISBN:

0198201125 :

OCLC:

14965271