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Ends of British Imperialism, Paperback / softback Book

Ends of British Imperialism Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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This is a major work of imperial history, by (in the words of A.J.P.

Taylor) 'the foremost historian of the British Empire and Commonwealth in his generation'. "Pax Britannica to Pax Americana" is the story of the British Empire from its late-nineteenth century flowering to its present extinction.

Louis traces the British Empire from the scramble for Africa - itself the mirror-image of what was to become decolonization - through the Mandates system of 'sacred trust', the turbulent imperial history of the Second World War in Asia and finally to the the unstoppable mid-20th century rush to independence.

Of particular relevance as its 50th anniversary approaches, the Suez crisis was the icon of empire's end.

It forms the ideal platform from which to examine the aims and outcome of empire.

This authoritative and highly engaging history appears at a time when interest in the history of the British Empire has, ironically, never been stronger, making Ends of British Imperialism a must-read item for both scholar and general reader.

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