It takes the average reader 4 hours and 32 minutes to read Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation by Peter Brooke
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This book throws new light on the impact of informal ‘old boy’ networks on British decolonisation. Duncan Sandys was one of the leading Conservative politicians of the middle decades of twentieth-century Britain. He was also a key figure in the Harold Macmillan’s ‘Winds of Change’ policy of decolonisation, serving as Secretary for the Colonies and Commonwealth Relations from 1960 to 1964. When he lost office he fought strenuously to undermine the new Labour Government’s attempts to accelerate colonial withdrawal and improve race relations in Britain. Sandys developed important private...
Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation by Peter Brooke is 271 pages long, and a total of 68,021 words.
This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 83% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 11 minutes to read Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation aloud.
Duncan Sandys and the Informal Politics of Britain’s Late Decolonisation is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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