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The Chagos Betrayal How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear

Paperback • 2021 • English

The Chagos Betrayal How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear

By Florian Grosset

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About the book

During the cold war, the US government sought to establish an overseas military presence in the Indian Ocean. This graphic novel is a shocking account of British complicity in the forced exodus of the Chagos Islanders from their homeland to make that plan possible. Between 1965 and 1973 the inhabitants of the Chagos archipelago were forcibly removed from their homeland and dumped in Mauritius and Seychelles. Diego Garcia, the largest island in the group, was leased to the USA by the United Kingd...Show more

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ISBN

9781912408672

Publisher

Myriad Editions

Published year

2021

Language

English

Original title

The Chagos Betrayal How Britain Robbed an Island and Made Its People Disappear

Format

Paperback

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