by Richard Toye
Science Museum/SSPL: 32, 37
About the Author
RICHARD TOYE was born in Cambridge, U.K. in 1973. He studied at the universities of Birmingham and Cambridge, and is now an associate professor at the University of Exeter. He has written extensively on British and international history. In 2007 he was named Young Academic Author of the Year by Times Higher Education magazine for his book Lloyd George and Churchill: Rivals for Greatness.
Table of Contents
P ROLOGUE
P ART O NE Rationalism and Machine Guns
1. L EARNING TO T HINK I MPERIALLY , 1874–1897
2. J OLLY L ITTLE W ARS A GAINST B ARBAROUS P EOPLES , 1897–1899
3. A C ONVENIENT W AY OF S EEING THE E MPIRE , 1899–1901
P ART T WO Divide et Impera!
4. T HAT W ILD W INSTON , 1901–1908
5. T HE F ATE OF AN E MPIRE , 1908–1922
6. D IEHARD , 1922–1939
P ART T HREE Liquidation
7. U NDISMAYED A GAINST D ISASTER , 1939–1942
8. H ANDS O FF THE B RITISH E MPIRE , 1942–1945
9. O NCE M AGNIFICENT AND S TILL C ONSIDERABLE , 1945–1955
E PILOGUE
N OTES
B IBLIOGRAPHY
I NDEX
Table of Contents
P ROLOGUE
P ART O NE Rationalism and Machine Guns
1. L EARNING TO T HINK I MPERIALLY , 1874–1897
2. J OLLY L ITTLE W ARS A GAINST B ARBAROUS P EOPLES , 1897–1899
3. A C ONVENIENT W AY OF S EEING THE E MPIRE , 1899–1901
P ART T WO Divide et Impera!
4. T HAT W ILD W INSTON , 1901–1908
5. T HE F ATE OF AN E MPIRE , 1908–1922
6. D IEHARD , 1922–1939
P ART T HREE Liquidation
7. U NDISMAYED A GAINST D ISASTER , 1939–1942
8. H ANDS O FF THE B RITISH E MPIRE , 1942–1945
9. O NCE M AGNIFICENT AND S TILL C ONSIDERABLE , 1945–1955
E PILOGUE
N OTES
B IBLIOGRAPHY
I NDEX
