Western Design
Western Front
Wheatley, Sir Mervyn
Wheatley, Brigadier-General Philip
Whigs
White, George
Whitehaven
Wigg, George
Wilberforce, William
Wilhelm II, Kaiser
Wilkes, John
Willcocks, Colonel James
William III, King
Williams, Ralph
Williams, Roger
Williams, Ruth
Williamson, Henry
Wilson, Colonel Sir Arnold
Wilson, Harold
Wilson, Field-Marshal Sir Henry
Wilson, Woodrow
Wingate, Orde
Wingate, Sir Reginald
Winthrop, John
wireless
Wolfe, James
Wolseley, Sir Garnet; in India; in South Africa; in Egypt; Sudanese campaign
Wolters, Richard
wool trade
working classes
Wright, Sir James
Wright, Peter
Wylloughby de Broke, Lord
Xhosa tribe
Yalta conference (1945)
Yangtze River
Yeh Ming-chin
Yemen
York, Duke of
Yorktown, battle of (1781)
Young, George Kennedy
Young Commonwealth conference (1956)
Young Egypt party
Young England
Young Turks
Younghusband, Major-General Sir Francis
Yü-hsien
Zaghlul, Said
Zaïre; see also Congo
Zambesia
Zambia; see also Northern Rhodesia
Zanzibar
Zetland, Marquess of
Zimbabwe see Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia
Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA)
Zimbabwe United People’s Organisation
Zionism
Zulu wars
Zulus
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THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Copyright © 1994 by Lawrence James. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
James, Lawrence.
The rise and fall of the British Empire / by Lawrence James.
p. cm.
ISBN 0-312-16985-X
1. Great Britain—Colonies—History. 2. Imperialism—Great Britain—History. 3. Commonwealth countries—History. 4. Decolonization. I. Title.
DA16.J26 1995
909'.0971241—dc20 95-38774 CIP
First published in Great Britain by Little, Brown and Company
eISBN 9781466842137
First eBook edition: March 2013
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