At the start of the Second World War Britain was at the height of her imperial power, and it is no surprise that she drew upon the global resources of the Empire once war had been declared. Whilst this international aspect of Britain's war effort has been well studied in relation to the military contribution of individual dominions and colonies, relatively little has been written about the Empire as a whole. As such An Imperial World at War makes an important contribution to the historiography relating to the British Empire and its wartime experience.
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1. The Second World War as an Imperial Conflict (Ashley Jackson) 2. Guided Development versus New Deal Internationalism (Simon Davis) 3. Japanese Propaganda in Occupied British Asia during the Second World War (Felicia Yap) 4. Italian Somalia under British Rule: Between Liberation and Occupation, 1941-49 (Annalisa Urbano) 5. 'Africa's Hong Kong': Sierra Leone and the Second World War (Andrew Stewart) 6. Citizen-Soldiers in the Colonial World: The British Army in India, 1940-45 (Andrew Muldoon) 7. Second World War Remembrance and Commemoration in West Africa (Oliver Coates) 8. Protecting Which States and Bodies?: Developing Civil Defence in an Imperial Context (Susan Grayzel) 9. Gold and Dollars: Canada, South Africa and British War Finance, 1939-1945 (Iain Johnston) 10. British Retention of Japanese Troops in South-east Asia after the Second World War (Euan McKay) 11. Mixable and Match-able Army Formations (Douglas Delaney) 12. Nazi-Hunting in India on the Eve of the Second World War (Benjamin Zachariah)