A major reassessment of the end of the British empire, focusing on the period after 1945, first published in 2007.

An authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam's 2007 book offers a major reassessme

A study of key themes in the history of the British Empire by one of the senior figures in the field.

"[This book] is an authoritative political history of one of the world's most important empires on the road to decolonisation. Ronald Hyam offers a major reasse

A sweeping, brilliantly vivid history of the sudden end of the British empire and the moment when America became a world superpower. "I have not become the King