Churchill and India: Manipulation or Betrayal?, Rana 9781032352008 HB..

Taylor & Francis

Churchill and IndiaManipulation or Betrayal?\nAuthor(s): Kishan S Rana\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9781032352008, 978-1032352008\nSynopsis\nChurchill and India. It is a story where much is known but much remains concealed. A brilliant orator and a powerful leader, Winston Churchill stood against the tide of history. But how does postcolonial history view him? This book studies the extraordinary connection he had with India. Beginning with the early years of his career in India when he spent 22 months between 1896 and 1899 as a subaltern with the 4th Hussars, it traces his rise as a politician, his years as the Prime Minister of Great Britain during the Second World War, his profound distrust of the Indian Independence Movement, and his machinations in preserving the British Empires rule over India. Churchills failure to understand India and decolonization, and manipulation of events on the subcontinent add.