Fighting Retreat: Churchill and India

by Walter Reid

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 sub-continent--or interfered in its politics so consistently and harmfully.

Churchill strove to sabotage any moves towards independence, crippling the Government of India Act over five years of dogged opposition to its passage...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1805260502
• ISBN13: 9781805260509
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Hurst & Co.
• Length: 344 Pages