Raymond F. Betts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. He is author of France and Decolonization (1991) and Uncertain Dimensions: Western Overseas Empires in the Twentieth Century (1985).

• 1 Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years 2 The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II 3 Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation 4 Pronouncements, denunciations, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization 5 Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization 6 “Gotta be this or that”: the problems of independence 7 Outside in: colonial migration 8 Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence 9 In the wake of the past: persistent problems 10 Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization

Raymond F. Betts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. He is author of France and Decolonization (1991) and Uncertain Dimensions: Western Overseas Empires in the Twentieth Century (1985).

• 1 Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years 2 The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II 3 Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation 4 Pronouncements, denunciations, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization 5 Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization 6 “Gotta be this or that”: the problems of independence 7 Outside in: colonial migration 8 Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence 9 In the wake of the past: persistent problems 10 Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization

Raymond F. Betts is Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Kentucky. He is author of France and Decolonization (1991) and Uncertain Dimensions: Western Overseas Empires in the Twentieth Century (1985).

• 1 Empire in the afternoon: the interwar years 2 The sea change of empire: the effects of World War II 3 Instability and uncertainty: the postwar situation 4 Pronouncements, denunciations, and the search for ideology: international public opinion and decolonization 5 Countryside and city: the two landscapes of decolonization 6 “Gotta be this or that”: the problems of independence 7 Outside in: colonial migration 8 Land and language: concerns over the perceived continuing European presence 9 In the wake of the past: persistent problems 10 Beyond empire: current issues and conditions in the study of imperialism and decolonization