Keeping the jewel in the crown : the British betrayal of India /: the British betrayal of India. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Walter Reid.
• Authors: Reid, Walter, 1944-
• Contents: Political framework. Introduction -- The back story -- The Morley-Minto reforms -- The impact of the First World War -- The Montagu-Chelmsford reforms -- Gandhi -- Amritsar -- Rufus Isaacs, First Marquess of Reading -- British politics between the wars -- Lord Irwin -- F.E. Smith and the Simon Commission -- Empire, dominions and Commonwealth -- The Irwin Declaration -- Simon and Irwin collide: the political reaction -- Reaction to the declaration in India -- The Gandhi-Irwin Pact -- The Round-table conferences -- Willingdon -- Looking behind Churchill's words -- The background to the India bill: Civil War in the Conservative Party -- Churchill and the Privileges Committee -- The legislation -- After the Act -- Rab Butler -- Linlithgow: a new viceroy for the new Act -- Indian politics -- Policy and the war -- Amery -- Military developments -- Stafford Cripps -- Preparation for the Mission of 1942 -- Cripps in India -- Deadlock -- Failure of the Mission -- Quit India -- Government policy post-Cripps -- Wavell -- Wavell as viceroy -- The Simla Conference -- A new world -- India in 1945 -- The Cabinet mission -- After the failure of the mission -- The last viceroy -- Mountbatten's instructions -- The view from Whitehall -- The princely states -- The final plan -- Commonwealth and independence -- Endgame -- Conclusion.
• Publisher Details: Edinburgh : Birlinn Limited
• Publication Date: 2016
• Copyright Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (x, 288 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates), illustrations, maps
• Subjects: 954/.035; HISTORY -- Asia -- India & South Asia; Autonomy and independence movements; Politics and government; India -- Politics and government -- 1919-1947; India -- History -- Partition, 1947; India -- History -- Autonomy and independence movements; Inde -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1919-1947; Inde -- Histoire -- 1947 (Partage); India; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0857909002; 9780857909008; 9781495652172; 1495652173
• Related ISBNs: 9781780273365; 1780273363
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from electronic title page (EbscoHost, viewed on October 1, 2020).
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