Walter Reid 
Keeping the Jewel in the Crown [EPUB ebook] 
The British Betrayal of India

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In 1947, when India achieved independence, Britain portrayed the transfer of power as the outcome of decades, even centuries, of responsible planning – the honourable discharge of an historic responsibility. That view has never been seriously challenged in Britain. But this book shows that the official narrative is a travesty of what really happened.
Drawing on the documentary evidence – letters, diaries, state papers – Walter Reid reveals how Britain selfishly deceived and prevaricated in order to arrest political progress in India for as long as possible – a shameful passage in British imperial policy which led to tragedy and untold suffering when independence finally became inevitable.

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Walter Reid studied at the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh and is the author of a number of acclaimed biographies and books of military and political history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 320 ● ISBN 9780857909008 ● File size 6.2 MB ● Publisher Birlinn ● City London ● Country GB ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5211392 ● Copy protection Social DRM

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