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Fighting Retreat
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Walter Reid
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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 subcontinent—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 for Indians, he is the
imperialist villain, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine of
1943.
This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish.
However, the same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office,
risking his career with his generosity to the Boers, the Irish and the
Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?
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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 subcontinent—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 for Indians, he is the
imperialist villain, held personally responsible for the Bengal Famine of
1943.
This book reveals Churchill at his worst: cruel, obstructive and selfish.
However, the same man was outstandingly liberal at the Colonial Office,
risking his career with his generosity to the Boers, the Irish and the
Middle East. Why was he so strangely hostile towards India?
About Author
Walter Reid is a historian educated at the universities of Oxford and Edinburgh, a fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the author of a number of acclaimed books on British politics and history, including Keeping the Jewel in the Crown: The British Betrayal of India and most recently Neville Chamberlain: The Passionate Radical. He raises sheep and cattle in Scotland and grows olives in France. He is married to Janet Reid, a journalist, and has two adult daughters.
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