Decolonization since 1945: The Collapse of European Overseas Empires - Springhall, John

As New; The handover of former British Hong Kong in 1997 and Portuguese Macao in 1999 to mainland China were the last acts in the continuous historical process of European decolonization or withdrawal from formal political control of overseas territories. The last decade of the 20th century was, however, unique in being the first in two millennia without a significant empire. This book sets out to explain why and how the European empires which were so prominent before the Second World War had all but disappeared only 30 years after that war ended in vicgtory for the major Western colonial powers.
As New
Soft cover
Palgrave
2001
New York, NY