Mission With Mountbatten
by Cambell-Johnson, Alan
- Used
- Very Good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/Dust Jacket Included
- ISBN 10
- 0689706979
- ISBN 13
- 9780689706974
- Seller
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About This Item
Macmillan Pub Co./Atheneum, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good/Dust Jacket Included. 9x6x1. Macmillan Pub Co. First Atheneum Edition (January 1, 1985). Trade Paperback in Very Good Condition. Foreword by Earl Mountbatten of Burma. Cover photograph of Lord Mountbatten, Gandhi, Nehru, Jinnah, and the author. 8-page section of b/w historic illustrations. Maps. Clean, solid book, slight wear to corners, pages spotless, no markings of any kind. Alan Campbell-Johnson was Lord Mountbatten's Press Attache when Mountbatten was Viceroy of India ad this is his account of Mountbatten's mission: to shepherd India through to independence from Great Britain. It reveals the causes as well as the consequences of Mountbatten's policy in India. Originally published in 1951 as the best firsthand account of those years. India Independence Act, 1947. 8vo. 383 pages. Epilogue. Principal Personalities, Index. 1985, Macmillan Pub Co./Atheneum. ISBN 0689706979
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- Bookseller
- The Parnassus BookShop (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030248
- Title
- Mission With Mountbatten
- Author
- Cambell-Johnson, Alan
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Dust Jacket Included
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0689706979
- ISBN 13
- 9780689706974
- Publisher
- Macmillan Pub Co./Atheneum
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 1985
- Size
- 9x6x1
- Keywords
- INDIA, HISTORY; COLONIALISM; IMPEERIALISM; VICEROY OF INDIA; MOUNTBATTRN, LOUIS, EARL, 1900-1979; MAHATMA GANDHI;
- X weight
- 0 oz
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