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100 1 _aMukerjee, Madhusree.
245 1 0 _aChurchill's secret war :
_bthe British empire and the ravaging of India during World War II /
_cby Madhusree Mukerjee.
260 _aNew York :
_bBasic Books,
_c2010.
300 _axxxi, 332 p. :
_bmaps ;
_c25 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 283-319).
505 0 _aPrologue: Our title to India -- Empire at war -- Harvesting the colonies -- Scorched -- At any price -- Death of a thousand cuts -- An occupied and starving country -- In the village -- On the street -- Run rabbit run -- Life after death -- Split and quit -- The reckoning.
520 _aExamines Winston Churchill's efforts to defeat the freedom movement in India during World War II, comparing his actions in Europe to the decisions he made between 1940 and 1944, which resulted in the deaths of more than three million men, women, and children in India.
600 1 0 _aChurchill, Winston,
_d1874-1965.
650 0 _aFamines
_zIndia
_zBengal.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1939-1945
_xInfluence.
651 0 _aIndia
_xHistory
_y20th century.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations
_zIndia.
651 0 _aIndia
_xForeign relations
_zGreat Britain.
651 0 _aGreat Britain
_xColonies
_xHistory
_y20th century.
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=31289
856 4 2 _3Book review (H-Net)
_uhttp://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=37898
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