The Rise Decline and Future of the British Commonwealth by Srinivasan Krishnan (9781403987150)
Srinivasan Krishnan
Release Date: 19 Dec 2005 Format: Hardcover Pages: 256 Category: History Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan ISBN: 9781403987150 ISBN-10: 1403987157
Topical - this publication will coincide with biennial Commonwealth conference in November. This is the first history of the Commonwealth for thirty years and only book which analyzes its current predicament and suggests a possible route forward. The author is a former number two in the Commonwealth. The author is also a published novelist: writes very fluently and readably. Written by a senior Indian diplomat, this book provides a unique and far-reaching exploration of the British Commonwealth and its impact since the Second World War on Britain's adjustment to a world without Empire.