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Wm. Roger Louis
A comprehensive account of the decline and fall of the British Empire in the Middle East from 1952 to 1971.
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These essays reassess the meaning of British imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.
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Leo Amery was a leading British Conservative politician and imperialist who played a pivotal role in the fall of Neville Chamberlain and the rise of Winston Churchill. This title presents…
Eclectic and enjoyable historical and literary collection from distinguished contributors
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This book, which examines British disengagement in the Middle East during the Labour Government of 1945-51, is in a large sense a comment on the British response to Arab, Jewish…
Louis examines the wartime controversies between Britain and America over the future of the colonial world, and considers the ethical, military, and economic forces behind imperialism during World War II.
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This analysis of the origins and consequences of the Suez crisis of 1956 has been based on newly available evidence. The contributors, some of whom were active participants in the…
“a remarkable book by any account … Twenty-two leading authorities, British, American, Arab, and Israeli, have assembled what must be virtually all the relevant documentation … and then assessed them…
Wm Roger Louis (University of Texas at Austin, USA)
A selection of 1001 indispensable books curated by Wm. Roger Louis
The June 1967 war was a watershed in the history of the modern Middle East. In six days, the Israelis defeated the Egyptian, Syrian and Jordanian armies. Two veteran scholars…
Distinguished historians survey events and themes of recent and contemporary times, looking forward to what the future might bring. Chapters take a global overview of the century as a whole…
An assessment of the British Empire in the light of the progressive opening of historical records, this twentieth-century volume helps us to understand the end of Empire in relation to…
This work seeks to elucidate the end of Empire in relation to its beginning, the meaning of British imperialism for the ruled as well as for the rulers, and the…
Churchill was an extraordinary figure. This is an assessment of Churchill and his role in twentieth-century history. It provides a portrait of a personality, who despite occasional mistakes and misjudgements…
Volume I of ‘The Oxford History of the British Empire’ explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade…
This volume, the third of five, covers the long 19th century, from the achievement of American independence in the 1780s to the eve of world war in 1914. This was…
This volume, the fourth of a five-volume series, considers the imperial experience in the final years of the British Empire, culminating in the mid-century’s rapid processes of decolonization. It seeks…
Highlighting gender as a significant and always present factor in the British Empire makes for a very different reading of that singular and fascinating history. In this volume, major scholars…
Presents the history of Ireland and the British Empire. This volume examines different phases of Ireland’s colonial status from the seventeenth century, along with the impact of Irish people, politics…
In this volume, some of the most distinguished scholars of the Pacific region assess significant historical changes in Australia, New Zealand, and the adjacent islands from 1919 to 1970.
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Examines the history of British worldwide expansion from the Glorious Revolution of 1689 to the end of the Napoleonic Wars, a crucial phase in the creation of the modern British…
Assessing the British Empire in the light of scholarship and the progressive opening of historical records, this volume explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and…
Originally published by Macmillan & Co. in 1961.
Imperialism on Trial reveals, across a broad cross-section of geographical and political settings, the operation of the complicated and often conflicted dynamic between the national and international dimensions of colonialism…
