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Fighting Retreat: Winston Churchill And India by Walter Reid [Hardcover]

Fighting Retreat: Winston Churchill And India by Walter Reid [Hardcover]

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ISBN13: 978-06-70094-86-8

Hardcover English book | Pages: 346

History and Biography - Young Adults and Adults

Author: Walter Reid

Published by: Penguin Random House

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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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