Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire, 1945-79 by Adrian Smith - 9781350230293

Mountbatten, Cold War and Empire, 1945-79Author(s): Adrian Smith\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Bloomsbury Academic\nISBN-13: 9781350230293, 978-1350230293\nSynopsis\nMountbatten, Cold War and Empire [tel] focuses upon Admiral Lord Mountbatten as a commanding if controversial figure in the history of Britain and its empire, from Churchills wartime coalition through to the Labour governments of the 1960s, and forms a sequel to Mountbatten: Apprentice War Lord.\n\nWritten in three parts, focusing on the premierships of Churchill and Attlee; Eden, Macmillan, Douglas-Home; and Wilson, this book examines the debates over Mountbattens record in Southern Asia in [tel] and [tel]. Additional chapters focus on Mountbatten's position at the heart of the British state and his pivotal role at key moments in the immediate post-war era, most notably the partition of India, the Suez Crisis and the renewal of an ostensibly independent nuclear det.