Wolpert, Stanley A.,  1927- <br/><br/>
Shameful flight :  the last years of the British Empire in India / 
Stanley Wolpert. 
 - New York ;  Oxford :  Oxford University Press,  2006. 
 - xii, 238 p., [16] p. of plates :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Formerly CIP. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-231) and index. 
<br/><br/>1. From the fall of Singapore to the failure of Cripps's mission, February-April 1942 -- 2. From Cripps's failure to the failure of the Congress party's "Quit India" movement, April-October 1942 -- 3. From Gandhi's fast through the first year of Wavell'sviceroyalty, January 1943-July 1944 -- 4. Summit failures and cabinet obstacles, August 1944-July 1945 -- 5. From the end of World War II through the cabinet mission, August 1945-June 1946 -- 6. The interim government, June-December 1946 -- 7. Lord Mountbatten's last Chukka, December 1946-June 1947 -- 8. Partitioned transfer of power, June-August 1947 -- 9. Freedom's wooden loaf, September-October 1947 -- 10. Indo-Pak war over Kashmir, October 1947-July 1948. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780195151985 (hbk.) :  £16.99 0195151984 (hbk.) :  £16.99 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA666266  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>British--History--India--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>India--History--Partition, 1947.<br/>India--History--Quit India movement, 1942.<br/>India--History--20th century.