| Mapping the End of Empire Subjects: Decolonization -- Middle East; Decolonization -- South Asia; Geographical perception -- Middle East; Geographical perception -- South Asia; Palestine -- History -- 1917–1948; Jammu and Kashmir (India) -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Foreign r; By the end of World War II, strategists in Washington and London looked ahead to a new era in which the United States shouldered global responsibilities and Britain concentrated its regional interests more narrowly. The two powers also viewed the Muslim world through very different lenses. Mapping the End of Empire reveals how Anglo-American perceptions of geography shaped postcolonial futures from the Middle East to South Asia. Husain Aiyaz : Aiyaz Husain is a historian in the Policy Studies Division of the Office of the Historian at the U.S. Department of State. |