Wavell: the Viceroy's Journal (1973) by Archibald Percival Wavell (ed. Penderel Moon) Reviewed by Jack Loveridge Archibald Percival Wavell served as the penultimate viceroy of India from 1943 to 1947, meticulously chronicling his experience through the twilight of the British Raj. With only light edits from Penderel Moon, Wavell's journal delivers a lucid account of declining imperial power and rising nationalist aspirations in India during the Second World War. Wavell's frustrations multiply through the journal, revealing not only the viceroy's suspicions of key Indian leaders, but also the growing intractability of continued colonial rule. The journal confirms Moon's opening assertion that the structural limitations of the viceroyalty crippled Wavell. (snip) http://notevenpast.org/read/wavell-viceroys-journal-1973 ---- Harshawardhan_Bosham Nimkhedkar