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Mukerjee, Madhusree.
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Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Famines -- India -- Bengal.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
India -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India.
India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
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Mukerjee, Madhusree.
Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965.
Famines -- India -- Bengal.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
India -- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- India.
India -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
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Churchill
's
secret
war
: the
British
empire
and the
ravaging
of
India
during
World
War
II
/ Madhusree Mukerjee.
by
Mukerjee, Madhusree.
Basic Books, c2010.
Call #:
954.0359 M953c
Subjects
Churchill
, Winston, 1874-1965.
Famines --
India
-- Bengal.
World
War
, 1939-1945 -- Influence.
India
-- History -- 20th century.
Great Britain -- Foreign relations --
India
.
India
-- Foreign relations -- Great Britain.
Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 20th century.
ISBN:
9780465002016 (hc : alk. paper)
0465002013 (alk. paper)
Description:
xxxi, 332 p. : maps ; 25 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-293) and index.
Contents:
Prologue: Our title to
India
--
Empire
at
war
-- Harvesting the colonies -- Scorched -- At any price -- Death of a thousand cuts -- An occupied and starving country -- In the village -- On the street -- Run rabbit run -- Life after death -- Split and quit -- The reckoning.
Summary:
Examines Winston
Churchill
's efforts to defeat the freedom movement in
India
during
World
War
II
, comparing his actions in Europe to the decisions he made between 1940 and 1944, which resulted in the deaths of more than three million men, women, and children in
India
.
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