Liberty or death : India's journey to independence and division
题名:
Liberty or death : India's journey to independence and division
著者:
French, Patrick, 1966-
ISBN:
9780241950401
出版信息:
London : Penguin Books, 2011
规格:
xxv, 466 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 20 cm
一般附注:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 449-451) and index
摘要:
At midnight on August 14, 1947, Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, over a million being massacred on the way. Britain's role as world power came to an end and the course of Asia's future was irrevocably set. Patrick French offers a reinterpretation of the events surrounding India's independence and partition, including the disastrous mistakes made by politicians and the bizarre reasoning behind many of their decisions
主题:
| India -- History -- Partition, 1947 |
摘要:
At midnight on August 14, 1947, Britain's 350-year-old Indian Empire cracked into three pieces. The greatest mass migration in history began, as Muslims fled north and Hindus fled south, over a million being massacred on the way. Britain's role as world power came to an end and the course of Asia's future was irrevocably set. Patrick French offers a reinterpretation of the events surrounding India's independence and partition, including the disastrous mistakes made by politicians and the bizarre reasoning behind many of their decisions