A history of modern India dealing with the division of Britain’s Indian Empire into three in 1947. Offering a reinterpretation of the events surrounding India’s independence and partition, and including details of mistakes made by politicians and the reasoning behind them. Sources include declassified secret documents and refugee’s memories.
Author : Liberty or Death by Patrick French
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 6550452
Price : £6.69
Humanities, Arts & Music > History
Archive for the ‘ASIAN / MIDDLE EASTERN HISTORY: POSTWAR, FROM C 1945 -’ Category
Liberty or Death
31
Dec
Tibet, Tibet
31
Dec
In 1982 while still a schoolboy, Patrick French met the Dalai Lama. Ever since, he has been fascinated by Tibet’s people, its history, and its plight. This title offers an exploration of one of the most beautiful, isolated, mysterious and misunderstood countries and illuminates one of the most persistently troubling of international issues.
Author : Tibet, Tibet by Patrick French
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7177550
Price : £6.02
Humanities, Arts & Music > History
3 Para
31
Dec
Afghanistan, Summer 2006. This is war. Afghanistan in the summer of 2006. In blazing heat in remote outposts the 3 Para battlegroup is pitted against a stubborn enemy who keep on coming. Until now, the full story of what happened there has not been told. This is it.
Author : 3 Para by Patrick Bishop
Published by : HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN Number : 7257783
Price : £12.72
Humanities, Arts & Music > History