Fighting retreat : Winston Churchill and India / Walter Reid.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reid, Walter, 1944- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Famines--India--Bengal.

Famines.

Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.

Churchill, Winston.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--India.

Great Britain.

India--Foreign relations--Great Britain.

India.

Great Britain--Colonies--History--20th century.

India--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 330 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

London : C Hurst and Co Publishing Ltd, 2024.

Summary:

"Winston Churchill was closely connected with India from 1896, when he landed in Bombay with his regiment, until 1947, when independence was finally achieved. No other British statesman had such a long association with the sub-continent--or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully. Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage in the 1930s. As Prime Minister during the Second World War, Churchill frustrated the freedom struggle from behind the scenes, delaying independence by a decade. To this day he is 'the' imperialist villain for Indians, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine. This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish. The same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office, risking his career with his generosity to the Boers and the Irish, and later speeding up independence in the Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?" -- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Goodbye to India

A passage to India

Soldiering on the frontier

Colonial adventures

Politics'- a fine game to play'

The young radical

Prizes of the game

Jallianwana Bagh

Creating kingdoms through a stroke of a pen

Out of office

A future for India

The irwin declaration

India grips the commons

Churchill and the bill

Trade, Lancashire, and the committee of privileges

Inside Churchill's language

Boxwallahs and martial people

Still not finished.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1805260502

9781805260509

OCLC:

1375186347

Publisher Number:

99996631116