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The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma

The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma

Leigh, Michael D.

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General World HistorySoutheast Asian HistoryWorld War II

ISBN10: 1474261949
ISBN13: 9781474261944
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Oct 22 2015
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.62 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

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 Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, Michael Leigh provides the first comprehensive account of the evacuation, analyzing its source in the structures of colonial society, fractured race relations and in the turbulent politics of colonial Burma.

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