Empire Lost :Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War

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Author: Andrew Stewart
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Andrew Stewart

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Empire Lost :Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War

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Published: 18 September, 2008

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This fascinating book explores British imperial unity at the outbreak of the Second World War and how this ultimately led to its own dissolution in post-war years. In September 1939, four of the five dominions took the decision to support Neville Chamberlain's London-based government and declare war on Nazi Germany. This was to be the last great outpouring of British imperial unity. Entering the fray as 'self-autonomous' they finished it as fledgling states whose long-held political, military, economic and cultural ties with the Mother Country were now uncertain. The Second World War brought military triumphs and catastrophes for the Imperial Coalition. More importantly, it also brought political awareness and a weakening of central power. The war that defeated the Nazi Reich also helped destroy the historically accepted unity of the British Empire.Using government records, private letters and diaries and contemporary media sources, this book examines the key themes affecting the relationship between Britain and the Dominions during the Second World War, the Empire's last great conflict. It asks why this political and military coalition was ultimately successful in overcoming the challenge of the Axis powers but, in the process, proved unable to preserve itself. Although these changes were inevitable the manner of the evolution was sometimes painful, as Britain's wartime economic decline left its political position exposed in a changing post-war international system.

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Type	Book
ISBN13	9781847252449
ISBN10	1847252443
Number Of Pages	256
Item Weight	544 g
Publisher / Reseller	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format	hardback

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'[Stewart] analyses the various tensions with an acute eye and shows how the war changed the Empire-Commonwealth forever.' - Contemporary Review
"He analyses the various tensions with an acute eye and shows how the war changed the Empire-Commonwealth forever..." Contemporary Review, Summer 2009
"...a fascinating account...a valuable and detailed exploration of the issues that both united and divided the Dominions of the Empire in its greatest test." The Journal of Military History
"This is a meticulously-crafted and impeccably-executed tour of the issues, personalities, departments and diplomatic mechanisms at the heart of a vital global alliance that was a key feature of Allied victory and the shaping of the post-war world. The author is to be congratulated for a supreme model of compression...the story is told with pithy dispatch in 170 pages..." English Historical Review, August 2009

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Andrew Stewart is a Lecturer in Defence Studies, King's College London (at the Joint Services Command and Staff College).

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Empire Lost :Britain, the Dominions and the Second World War

Andrew Stewart

2.90 ( 10 Ratings by Goodreads)