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Position:Home>History> What is the intellectual bases of the decolonization movement after WWII in theQuestion: What is the intellectual bases of the decolonization movement after WWII in the east!? I would like a few pointers, abt the intellectual bases of the decolonization movement after WWII, particularly in relation to India/Pakistan,China, Vietnam, Isreal/Palestine!.
A few names abt who lead the independence or decolonization movements in those countries would be nice!. I'm not looking for a long essay, just a few main points!. I need answers fast!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I don't think you can really name specific people responsible for decolonization post-WWII!. I feel that it occurred because the Western European nations were unable to economically and militarily keep their land possessions!. Almost all of the great powers in Europe had their armies, navies and air forces decimated in battle and they were already stretched thin after WWI!. I also, believe that the Western countries began to realize that it was wrong to subject people under their rules and governance!. However, this does not necessarily mean they did not leave their system and ideas of government in place after they left!.Www@QuestionHome@Com difficult to see any "intelectual basis" IMO!. Of course there is gandhi and a lot of other figureheads - but the main problem was people who wanted to be bosses in what they considered to be their own land (as opposed to having to live by some one else's rules) Of course this has led to strange happenings- Indian nationalists (for example) desperately wanted "freedom" from Britain but - at the same time- had nothing against imposing by force of arms their own rule on Goa or the forced annexation of the 562 independent states (which were NOT part of British India) - the biggest of these was Hyderabad and Junangandh- which were taken by armed invasion (AKA "police action") SAme applies to other states- Indonesians resented colonial occupation by the Netherlands, but see nothing wrong in occupying and colonising Papua (or East Timor until recently)Www@QuestionHome@Com No intellectual basis!. It's simple really!. People wanted the right to self determination!. Why should the European powers have subjugated all these people in the first place!? Take India for example: We, the British go in and arrest people for taking their own salt from the sea, saying we own a monopoly on it! Yeah, right!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |