The Collapse of British Rule in Burma: The Civilian Evacuation and Independence by Leigh, Michael D.

The Collapse of British Rule in Burma: The Civilian Evacuation and Independence (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781472589736)

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The Collapse of British Rule in Burma: The Civilian Evacuation and Independence by Leigh, Michael D.

The Collapse of British Rule in Burma: The Civilian Evacuation and Independence

$160.00
The Collapse of British Rule in Burma: The Civilian Evacuation and Independence by Leigh, Michael D.

The Collapse of British Rule in Burma: The Civilian Evacuation and Independence

$160.00
Format: Hardcover
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In May 1942 colonial Burma was in a state of military, economic and constitutional collapse. Japanese forces controlled almost the whole country and thousands of evacuees were trapped in a huge area of no-man's-land in the north. They made their way to India through the so-called 'jungles of death', attempting to trek out of Burma amidst perilous conditions. Drawing on diverse and previously unpublished accounts, Michael D. Leigh analyses the experiences of evacuees in both Burma and India and critically examines the impact of evacuation on colonial and Burmese politics in the lead-up to independence in 1948. This study will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Burmese history, 20th-century imperialism and the global reach of the Second World War.

Author: Michael D. Leigh
ISBN-10: 1472589734
ISBN-13: 9781472589736
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Language: English
Published: 07/26/2018
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.33lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
By Michael D. Leigh
By Michael D. Leigh
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Michael D. Leigh is Research Associate at SOAS, University of London, UK. He is the author of The Evacuation of Civilians from Burma: Analysing the 1942 Colonial Disaster (2014).

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