HST 219 Lecture 5: Empire at War
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The breakdown of the old global order (and the emergence of a new one). The erosion of european authority in the colonies. Ma(cid:396)ti(cid:374) tho(cid:373)as (cid:862)fight of flight(cid:863) chapte(cid:396) 1. A crisis of empire for both french and british. Geo(cid:396)ge o(cid:396)(cid:449)ell (cid:862)shooti(cid:374)g a(cid:374) elepha(cid:374)t(cid:863) a pa(cid:396)able fo(cid:396) i(cid:373)pe(cid:396)ial (cid:448)ul(cid:374)e(cid:396)ability. Field ma(cid:396)shal si(cid:396) he(cid:374)(cid:396)y wilso(cid:374) (cid:862)i(cid:374) (cid:374)o si(cid:374)gle theat(cid:396)e a(cid:396)e (cid:449)e st(cid:396)o(cid:374)g e(cid:374)ough(cid:863). Far-flung overseas empires extremely diverse and not contiguous. Vulnerable from inside out: anti-colonial nationalism before the war, anglo-irish war 1919-1921: irish independence achieved. India: gandhi and the indian national congress: civil disobedience and the struggle for swaraj: africa: emerging movements modeled on indian movement. American ambivalence about the old colonial empires. Recognition of the claims of anti-colonial nationalism (cid:858)(cid:373)ysti(cid:395)ue(cid:859) of e(cid:373)pi(cid:396)e di(cid:373)i(cid:374)ished: empire at war (cid:858)total wa(cid:396)(cid:859), mass mobilization of civilians and civilian resources, less distinction between combatant and non-combatant.
