Imperial Endgame: Britains Dirty Wars and the End of Empire (Britain and the World)

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The end of compromise V. Into the abyss VI. The end of the Attlee years 2. A new government, a new approach II. The carrot and the stick III. The challenge of Mau Mau IV. The General's stamp in Malaya V. Dirty wars, dirty deeds VII. A fresh start in Kenya? The end of the Churchill years 3. Problems in paradise II. The Dirty wars become even dirtier IV.

The endgame for Anthony Eden. The American intervention; III. The terror begins again; IV. The end of compromise; V. Into the abyss; VI. A new government, a new approach; II. The carrot and the stick. The challenge of Mau MauIV. The General's stamp in Malaya; V.

Dirty wars, dirty deeds; VII. Problems in paradise; II. The Dirty wars become even dirtier; IV.

The endgame for Anthony Eden; Epilogue: The imperial endgame after Eden. Notes Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references pages and index. Includes bibliography and index. View online Borrow Buy Freely available Show 0 more links Other links Inhaltsverzeichnis at http: Set up My libraries How do I set up "My libraries"? These 13 locations in All: Australian National University Library. Open to the public. Open to the public Open to the public ; Edith Cowan University Library.

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Published May 15th by Palgrave Macmillan first published January 1st Britain and the World. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. To ask other readers questions about Imperial Endgame , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Sep 03, Simon Wood rated it did not like it. So far so good. Rather than being a bold attempt at re-telling the oft told story of the end of empire Grob-Fitzgibbons has written a seriously flawed book that peddles an updated version of a sorry old discourse that is impossible to regard as a serious effort at historical understanding.

The natives, or "indigenous peoples" are by and large absent with a few exceptions where they can preform to the authors satisfaction, eg. They are more likely to appear in the tally of kills and injuries, or as the dupes of pernicious ideologies, than in any way that might give more than a cursory idea of for example, why they were in revolt? Historical context and the contemporary global context are covered in a manner that is barely satisfactory. Instead the reader has to endure a narrative that is almost entirely anchored on the views, debates and actions of individuals within the top military and political echelons of the British State.

These views should form a part of any book exploring the end of the British Empire, what it is not acceptable is when these views form the backbone of the book rather than a part of it, when they should be contrasted with the views of those with whom the British State was in conflict with, and a systematic attempt at understanding what was actually happening in each colony. The author also extends his sympathy to the so called "liberal" imperialism that has so blighted the post cold war world making the poverty of his outlook explicit.

This is one to avoid. The Demise of a Superpower, " which is a far superior work albeit one that covers a shorter period of time.

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Jun 10, Rebecca rated it it was amazing. The events that took place in Palestine, Malaya, Kenya, and Cyprus each presented unique challenges and responses from both Great Britain and indigenous resistance, all of which pushed toward an intentional and gradual decolonization, while maintaining positive international relations via the Commonwealth. The story Grob-Fitzgibbon unveils is an incredibly readable perspective of the upper echelons of the British Government and military from the mid s through the early s, one that challenges the historiography of previous studies.

Any comprehensive study of British decolonization would be greatly enriched by the detail in Endgame. Like in all wars, most of the important decisions were made by officials safe behind their desks worlds away from the kill zones, innocent civilians of these areas were killed in mass numbers, and prisoners were horribly mistreated or even killed when their captors were forbidden to do so.

Since the emergence of the Cold War, the rules for war have changed considerably. Like the conflicts between the U. World War II changed the game for the Empire.

Attlee replaced Churchill, representing a major shift in British politics, and though Germany no longer was a threat to the world, the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union endangered the stability only just achieved. The age of empires was rapidly ending, and many describe a series of fumbling mishaps when describing decolonization. It is difficult to find a book on Britain's final decades as an empire without finding criticism that typically highlights these years as a fumbling series of stubborn decisions made with little or no regard to the soon-to-be decolonized areas they affected.

These nations remain in the Commonwealth of Nations today. This book does not attempt to discuss the aftermath of the imposition of liberal imperialism on these areas after they achieved their independence. Instead, it focuses on the decolonization process itself which offers valuable insight into the purposeful dirty little wars that ended the British Empire. Jun 17, Philip Khaled Brennan rated it liked it Recommends it for: I don't think it reveals anything much that cannot be gleaned from other books about the State of Emergency in Malaya, or Kenya, or Palestine, or Egypt, or Aden.

As for drawing the dots together, it fails in that task. Regardless, seeing some of the political machinations in the background is interesting, but it does not go far enough with connecting the links between old British Empire colonial interests and terrorism with modern neo-liberal colonialism and terrorism. This is where the book fail I don't think it reveals anything much that cannot be gleaned from other books about the State of Emergency in Malaya, or Kenya, or Palestine, or Egypt, or Aden.

This is where the book fails badly - it had potential to start making the links on page 43 where it says: Colonial affairs were thus inextricably linked with the larger national security of Britain. The author could have gone a lot further with the invention of terrorism as something "other" for national security purposes, especially with regards to Kenya and the Mau Mau, but he doesn't make these links which could do a lot to explain the geopolitical roots of the current War on Terror.

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