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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...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2014.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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 Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official r. |
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| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (297 pages) |
| Bibliographie: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781441163943 1441163948 1441140905 9781441140906 9781306725316 1306725313 9781474211024 147421102X 9781441132475 1441132473 |