The evacuation of civilians from Burma : analysing the 1942 colonial disaster / Michael D. Leigh.

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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Main Author: Leigh, Michael D.
Language:English
Published: London, England ; New York : Bloomsbury USA Academic, 2014.
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Physical Description:279 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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