Fighting retreat: Winston Churchill and India (Record no. 60097)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780670094868 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 920.71954 REI |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Reid, Walter |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Fighting retreat: Winston Churchill and India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Gurugram: |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Viking, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2023. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xiv, 332p.: |
| Other physical details | hbk.: |
| Dimensions | 22cm |
| 504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE | |
| Bibliography, etc | Includes notes & index |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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.<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/>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?<br/><br/>https://www.penguin.co.in/book/fighting-retreat/ |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Biography |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Colonial |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Middle East |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Government of India Act |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Winston Churchill |
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| Item type | Books |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | General | IIT Gandhinagar | IIT Gandhinagar | 13/02/2024 | Books India | 699.00 | 920.71954 REI | 034029 | 13/02/2024 | 1 | 699.00 | Books |
