The Rise and Fall of the British Empire

  Western Design

  Western Front

  Wheatley, Sir Mervyn

  Wheatley, Brigadier-General Philip

  Whigs

  White, George

  Whitehaven

  Wigg, George

  Wilberforce, William

  Wilhelm II, Kaiser

  Wilkes, John

  Willcocks, Colonel James

  William III, King

  Williams, Ralph

  Williams, Roger

  Williams, Ruth

  Williamson, Henry

  Wilson, Colonel Sir Arnold

  Wilson, Harold

  Wilson, Field-Marshal Sir Henry

  Wilson, Woodrow

  Wingate, Orde

  Wingate, Sir Reginald

  Winthrop, John

  wireless

  Wolfe, James

  Wolseley, Sir Garnet; in India; in South Africa; in Egypt; Sudanese campaign

  Wolters, Richard

  wool trade

  working classes

  Wright, Sir James

  Wright, Peter

  Wylloughby de Broke, Lord

  Xhosa tribe

  Yalta conference (1945)

  Yangtze River

  Yeh Ming-chin

  Yemen

  York, Duke of

  Yorktown, battle of (1781)

  Young, George Kennedy

  Young Commonwealth conference (1956)

  Young Egypt party

  Young England

  Young Turks

  Younghusband, Major-General Sir Francis

  Yü-hsien

  Zaghlul, Said

  Zaïre; see also Congo

  Zambesia

  Zambia; see also Northern Rhodesia

  Zanzibar

  Zetland, Marquess of

  Zimbabwe see Rhodesia; Southern Rhodesia

  Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU)

  Zimbabwe African People’s Union

  Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA)

  Zimbabwe United People’s Organisation

  Zionism

  Zulu wars

  Zulus

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  THE RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE. Copyright © 1994 by Lawrence James. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. For information, address St. Martin’s Press, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  James, Lawrence.

  The rise and fall of the British Empire / by Lawrence James.

  p. cm.

  ISBN 0-312-16985-X

  1. Great Britain—Colonies—History. 2. Imperialism—Great Britain—History. 3. Commonwealth countries—History. 4. Decolonization. I. Title.

  DA16.J26 1995

  909'.0971241—dc20 95-38774 CIP

  First published in Great Britain by Little, Brown and Company

  eISBN 9781466842137

  First eBook edition: March 2013