02848nam 22006491 450 991078926760332120200514202323.01-4411-3247-31-4742-1102-X1-4411-6394-810.5040/9781474211024(CKB)3710000000096718(EBL)1659741(SSID)ssj0001215776(PQKBManifestationID)11976711(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215776(PQKBWorkID)11179315(PQKB)10338593(MiAaPQ)EBC1659741(OCoLC)1058560835(UtOrBLW)bslw09305716(MiAaPQ)EBC6161955(Au-PeEL)EBL1659741(CaPaEBR)ebr10854505(CaONFJC)MIL603782(OCoLC)875819524(EXLCZ)99371000000009671820150116d2014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe evacuation of civilians from Burma analysing the 1942 colonial disaster /Michael D. LeighLondon ;New Delhi ;New York :Bloomsbury,2014.1 online resource (297 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4742-6194-9 1-4411-4090-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.pt. one. Socio-political undercurrents -- pt. two. Sturm, drang and panic -- pt. three. Residues of hurt."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 Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, Michael Leigh provides the first comprehensive account of the evacuation, analyzing its source in the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."--Bloomsbury Publishing.Evacuation of civiliansBurmaWorld War--(1939-1945)Asian historyBurmaEvacuation of civiliansWorld War--(1939-1945)940.54Leigh Michael D.1547870UtOrBLWUtOrBLWUkLoBPBOOK9910789267603321The evacuation of civilians from Burma3804440UNINA