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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.
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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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