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1 online resource (297 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Contents |
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. |
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11 Conclusion: Humiliation and TragedyNotes; Glossary; Bibliography; Index. |
| Summary |
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 Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official r. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Evacuation of civilians (1939-1945 : World War) |
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World War (1939-1945) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Burma.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Evacuation of civilians.
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Evacuation of civilians. |
| Chronological Term |
1939 - 1945 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Leigh, Michael D. Evacuation of Civilians from Burma. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014 9781441163943 |
| ISBN |
9781441163943 (electronic book) |
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1441163948 (electronic book) |
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1441140905 (Cloth) |
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9781441140906 (Cloth) |
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9781306725316 (MyiLibrary) |
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1306725313 (MyiLibrary) |
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