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Hong Kong, empire and the Anglo-American alliance at war, 1941-45

Author: Andrew J Whitfield
Publisher: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave, 2001.
Series: Contemporary history in context series (Palgrave (Firm))
Edition/Format:   Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"Andrew J. Whitfield sheds new light on the multi faceted Anglo-American relationship, China's claim to the colony and the significance of Britain's imperial mentality. Empire was not merely a cloak for most British policymakers but a fundamental tenet of British power. Without the Empire it was widely held that British influence would disintegrate. The author attempts to unravel the motivations of British policy  Read more...
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Andrew J Whitfield
ISBN: 0333793331 9780333793336
OCLC Number: 46729239
Description: xii, 266 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Contents: Machine generated contents note: Introduction --
I Return and Departure: the Fall and Recapture of --
Hong Kong, 1941 and 1945 --
2 The Meaning of Empire: Imperial Consensus, --
Whitehall and Hong Kong --
3 The Anglo-American Relationship at War, 1941-45 --
4 An Empire Brought into Question, 1942 --
5 China Claims Hong Kong, 1942-43 --
6 London's Hong Kong Planning, 1943-44 --
7 Anglo-American Military Strategy in the Far East, --
1942-44 --
8 The Cairo Conference --
9 Hard Choices: Yalta, the Death of a President and --
San Francisco, November 1944-June 1945 --
10 Return of the Empire: the Defeat of Japan, --
July-September 1945 --
Conclusion --
Epilogue --
Notes --
Bibliography --
Index.
Series Title: Contemporary history in context series (Palgrave (Firm))
Responsibility: Andrew J. Whitfield.
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"Andrew J. Whitfield sheds new light on the multi faceted Anglo-American relationship, China's claim to the colony and the significance of Britain's imperial mentality. Empire was not merely a cloak for most British policymakers but a fundamental tenet of British power. Without the Empire it was widely held that British influence would disintegrate. The author attempts to unravel the motivations of British policy using a diversity of sources including British intelligence files."--Jacket.

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