The evacuation of civilians from Burma : analysing the 1942 colonial disaster /
The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility. The Japanese attack on Burma led to a hurried and often poorly organized evacuation of Indian and European civilians from the country. The e...
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| 245 | 1 | 4 | |a The evacuation of civilians from Burma : |b analysing the 1942 colonial disaster / |c Michael D. Leigh. |
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; HalfTitle; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Maps; List of Tables; Abbreviations; Note on Colonial-Era Names; Introduction: Setting the scene; Part One Socio-political Undercurrents; 1 Facts, Figures and Guesstimates; 2 Politics: Unprepared for Everything; 3 The Indian Question; Part Two Sturm, Drang and Panic; 4 Rangoon: The Big Bang; 5 Taungup: Cholera and Thirst; 6 Mass Transportation; 7 Mandalay, Maymyo and the Oilfields; 8 Myitkyina: Seven Days That Shook a World; Part Three Residues of Hurt; 9 Those Who Did Not Get Away; 10 Counting the Cost. | |
| 505 | 8 | |a 11 Conclusion: Humiliation and TragedyNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a The string of military defeats during 1942 marked the end of British hegemony in Southeast Asia, finally destroying the myth of British imperial invincibility. The Japanese attack on Burma led to a hurried and often poorly organized evacuation of Indian and European civilians from the country. The evacuation was a public humiliation for the British and marked the end of their role in Burma. The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma investigates the social and political background to the evacuation, and the consequences of its failure. Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official r. | ||
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