Imperialism at Bay, 1941-1945

Citation

Louis, William Roger. Imperialism at Bay, 1941-1945: The United States and the Decolonization of the British Empire. Clarendon Press, 1977. Google Books Link

Excerpts

Page	Quote	Notes
141	”Lord Wedgwood commented: ‘The difference between the native under British rule and the native under French rule is that the French coal-black Senegalese n***** [sic] can strike his chest and say, ‘I am a French citizen!’.“
168	”As for Burma, Isaiah Bowman despaired of applying any rational scheme to such ‘a mess of people’” (8 August 1942)
170	Citation: R. F. Weston, Racism in US Imperialism, 1893-1946 (1972)
267	”When the three reports reached Roosevelt’s desk, they formed, in fact, a blueprint for transforming most of the Pacific into an American lake”
319	”the fusion of two such obstinate peoples as Briton and Boer is not an easy thing” [Lloyd], citation to Ronald Hyam, The Failure of South African Expansion, 1908-1948 (1972)
368	”Every step should be taken to assure the absolute dominance of the position of white rule in the Pacific.” Captain H. L. Pence, US Navy, who coined the “our lake” phrase as well
424	FDR on Winston Churchill: “Winston was 40 years behind the times on China and he continually referred to the Chinese as ‘Chinks’ and ‘Chinamen‘“
500	Fabians on why Mandates were at least a progressive step from colonies: “No longer were colonies which had belonged to a defeated enemy to be handed over, like chattels, to the victors.”
570	”Europeans as well as the British waxed indignant. Why should the question of dependent peoples be restricted to the European overseas empires? [What about] the Indian Tribes of North America? […a question which] became known as the ‘saltwater fallacy’.”

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Abstract

This book examines the wartime controversies between Britain and America about the future of the colonial world, and considers the ethical, military, and economic forces behind imperialism during World War II. It concludes that, for Britain, there was a revival of the sense of colonial mission; the Americans, on the other hand, felt justified in creating a strategic fortress in the Pacific Islands while carrying the torch of “international trusteeship” throughout the rest of the world—a scheme that Churchill and others viewed as a cloak for American expansion.

Metadata

FirstAuthor:: Louis, William Roger
Title:: Imperialism at Bay, 1941-1945: The United States and the Decolonization of the British Empire ShortTitle:: Imperialism at Bay, 1941-1945 Year:: 1977
Citekey:: louis_imperialism_1977
itemType:: book
Publisher:: Clarendon Press
ISBN:: 978-0-19-822972-8