PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 11
PREFACE TO THE FIRST EDITION 16
A NOTE ON＂EMPIRE＂AND＂COMMONWEALTH＂ 18
Ⅰ．BRITAIN＇S CRISIS OF EMPIRE 21
Ⅱ．WHAT IS THE EMPIRE？ 31
1．Does the Empire Exist？ 31
2．Title or Alias？ 34
3．One-quarter of the World 36
4．Associated Territories 37
5．The＂White＂Dominions 40
6．The Asian Republics 44
7．The Colonial Empire 45
8．The Bond of Unity 47
9．The Great Imperialist Monopolies 54
10．Technique of Colonial Exploitation 57
11．Social Conditions of the Colonial Peoples 61
Ⅲ．HOW THE EMPIRE DEVELOPED 69
1．The Early Colonial Era 70
2．The Era of Industrial Capital 72
3．The Advent of Modern Imperialism 75
Ⅳ．PRICE OF EMPIRE 78
1．Imperialism as the Alternative to Socialism 78
2．Balance Sheet for Britain 81
3．Outcome for the British Labour Movement 85
Ⅴ．CRISIS OF THE COLONIAL SYSTEM 88
1．Rise of the Colonial Freedom Movement 89
2．Effects of the War of Anti-Fascist Liberation 91
3．New Advance since 1945 93
4．Disintegration of the Colonial System 94
5．Bankruptcy of Colonialism 96
Ⅵ．CRISIS OF＂WESTERN CIVILISATION＂ 101
1．The Red Line on the Balance Sheet 101
2．Mythology of＂Western Civilisation＂ 103
3．Western Europe in the Doldrums 107
4．American Penetration of Western Europe 112
Ⅶ．AMERICA AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE 117
1．Foreshadowings of the Future 118
2．Effects of the Second World War 121
3．The New American Empire 128
4．Penetration of the British Empire 133
5．Antagonistic Partnership 146
Ⅷ．TACTICS OF A DECLINING EMPIRE 153
1．End of Colonialism？ 153
2．Old and New Colonialism 156
3．Constitutions and Colonialism 161
4．Experience of Nigeria and Ghana 165
5．Colonial Repression 174
6．Interplay of Constitutions and Repression：British Guiana 177
7．Colonial Wars：Malaya 179
8．Colonial Wars：Kenya 191
Ⅸ．INDIA IN THE NEW WORLD 198
1．End of British Rule in India 199
2．Initial Phase of the New Regime 203
3．Anglo-American Imperialism in India 206
4．India and Peace 213
5．India and the Afro-Asian Conference at Bandung 218
6．The Indian People on the March 220
7．Economic Reconstruction 224
8．Pakistan in Crisis 230
Ⅹ．EMPIRE AND LIBERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST 233
1．Background of Empire in the Middle East 233
2．Egypt＇s Fight for Liberation 237
3．Iran＇s Battle Against the Oil Monopolies 240
4．Liberation Movement in Cyprus，Jordan and Iraq 242
5．Anglo-American Rivalry and War Plans in the Middle East 244
6．National Liberation and Communism 246
7．Anglo-French-Israeli War on Egypt in 1956 247
Ⅺ．AFRICA ADVANCES 257
1．Drive to Empire Expansion 257
2．African Eldorado 259
3．Mirage in the Bush 264
4．Awakened Africa 269
Ⅻ．PROJECTS OF COLONIAL DEVELOPMENT 272
1．Colonial Development and Welfare？ 273
2．The Colonial Development Corporation 277
3．Development and Industrialisation 282
4．Contradictions of Colonial＂Development＂ 284
5．The Colombo Plan 288
6．Point Four 293
7．United Nations and Economic Aid 298
8．Increase of Colonial Exploitation 301
ⅩⅢ．EMPIRE AND WAR 307
1．Record of Empire and War 308
2．Rising Burden of Armaments 313
3．A Decade of Cold War 317
4．The New Holy Alliance 325
5．Overseas Military Commitments 327
6．British Military Overstrain 329
7．American War Strategy and Britain 332
8．Menace of Nuclear War for Britain 335
9．Advance of the Fight for Peace 342
ⅩⅣ．LABOUR AND EMPIRE 345
1．The Anti-Imperialist Tradition 346
2．Labour Imperialism 351
3．Arguments of Empire 357
4．Bankruptcy of Labour Imperialism 366
ⅩⅤ．SOCIALISM AND COLONIAL LIBERATION 376
1．Alliance for Freedom 376
2．Marx and Engels on Colonial Liberation 378
3．Lenin on Colonial Liberation 380
4．Fulfilment in the U．S．S．R 386
5．Socialist Economic Aid 394
ⅩⅥ．NEXT STEPS OF COLONIAL LIBERATION 398
1．National Independence and Peace 399
2．New Features in the Fight for National Independence 402
3．People＇s Democracy and National Independence 404
4．United National Front and the Communist Party 405
5．Practical Solidarity 407
6．Trade Unionism in the Colonies 408
7．Democratic Rights in the Colonies 414
8．The Great Alliance 415
ⅩⅦ．HEART OF BRITAIN＇S CRISIS 417
1．Myths about the Crisis 418
2．Truth of Britain＇s Crisis 423
3．Bankrupt Remedies of the Labour Government，1945-51 431
4．Bankrupt Remedies of the Conservative Government，1951-5 440
5．Truth About the Balance of Payments 444
ⅩⅧ．LIBERATION OF BRITAIN 455
1．Restoration of National Independence 456
2．Britain and World Peace 466
3．Britain and World Trade 469
ⅩⅨ．RECONSTRUCTION OF BRITAIN 475
1．End of Imperialist Parasitism 475
2．Socialism，True and False 477
3．Economic and Social Reconstruction 482
ⅩⅩ．THE FUTURE OF BRITAIN AND THE BRITISH EMPIRE 493
1．Death of an Era 494
2．A Choice of Two Paths 496
3．Future of the Empire 501
4．Towards the Future 515
MAPS 536