{"product_id":"1945-the-reckoning-9781399714495","title":"1945 The Reckoning","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Excellent, grappling with aspects of end of empire that tend to fall through the cracks'' - Al Murray\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e''\u003cb\u003eA wonderful book, I absolutely adored it and it gave me a gateway to understanding the war in a different way.'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e- Antonia Senior\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Phil Craig''s excellent \u003ci\u003e1945 The Reckoning\u003c\/i\u003e is the saga of how some empires ended and others emerged during a tumultuous year. His method is the voices of individuals - their thoughts and aspirations - in an endlessly interesting book with many fascinating stories to tell.'' - Aspects of History\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e''Engrossing, good natured and perceptive...His style is conversational, like a popular podcaster, but never glib or shrill. His judgments are often understated but shrewd...Craig''s fashionably inclusive approach does not exclude conservative, collaborationist voices. Instead, the author seeks to understand them within their particular social and historical context. At the same time, he dismembers anti-colonial mythologies.''\u003cbr\u003e-The Australian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''This thought provoking account comes with a glorious cast of characters and is written \u003cbr\u003ewith a keen eye for detail - A MUST READ!''  - Mirror\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Dramatic human stories, written in the engaging style of Craig''s bestselling\u003ci\u003e Finest Hour\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ecombined with surprising revelations''  - Express\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e''This is a book that crosses the globe from Britain to Germany and from India to Indonesia...it is ambitious, deeply thought-provoking and, as with all the very best history, compellingly told''  -James Holland\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the fate of the world is decided, so too is that of the British, Dutch and French empires. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn India a generation committed to independence must decide whether to support ''the Raj'' or fight alongside the Japanese. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne military family is bitterly divided. Will it be the brother who fights under British command, or the one who follows Subhas Chandra Bose and his Indian National Army, who goes on to help build a new and free India? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Borneo a little known Australian special forces campaign - secretly controlled from London - goes horribly wrong as questions are asked about whether its true purpose is military or imperial. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnd in Indochina and the East Indies British Generals free and arm Japanese prisoners of war and use them in savage campaigns that aim to put colonial rulers back into their palaces.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClearing away the haze of nostalgia, many uncomfortable truths emerge - but so too does a humane and balanced exploration of what victory in the Second World War truly means.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hodder \u0026 Stoughton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51019761484119,"sku":"9781399714495","price":20.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781399714495.jpg?v=1750781213","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/1945-the-reckoning-9781399714495","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}