Retreat from Empire: Sir Robert Armitage in Africa and Cyprus

by Colin Baker and Colin Baker

Using private papers, government records and interviews and correspondence with politicians and a large number of officers who served with him in Africa and Cyprus, Professor Baker carefully and sensitively traces Robert Armitage's colonial service career. He served in four colonies and Baker meticulously follows Armitage's career in each. In Kenya, as a district officer Armitage outstandingly set up the massive Isiolo refugee camp and as a secretariat...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1350182974
• ISBN13: 9781350182974
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"