Leo Amery was a leading British Imperialist who played a pivotal role in the fall of Neville Chamberlain and the rise of Winston Churchill. In the Name of God, Go! was Amery's famous exhortation to Chamberlain in May 1940. In this study, Roger Louis, a noted historian of Britain in the 20th century, portrays Amery's part in those great events as well as in the evolution of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Amery believed that subject peoples could not be held in the British Empire against their will. He helped, at first reluctantly, to prepare the way for the transfer of power in India and to advance the movements of national independence in Asia and Africa.
Language
English
Pages
199
Format
Hardcover
Release
September 01, 1992
ISBN 13
9780393033939
In the Name of God, Go!: Leo Amery and the British Empire in the Age of Churchill
Leo Amery was a leading British Imperialist who played a pivotal role in the fall of Neville Chamberlain and the rise of Winston Churchill. In the Name of God, Go! was Amery's famous exhortation to Chamberlain in May 1940. In this study, Roger Louis, a noted historian of Britain in the 20th century, portrays Amery's part in those great events as well as in the evolution of the British Empire and Commonwealth. Amery believed that subject peoples could not be held in the British Empire against their will. He helped, at first reluctantly, to prepare the way for the transfer of power in India and to advance the movements of national independence in Asia and Africa.