LEADER 02708nam 22006011 450 001 9910511905703321 005 20211005063407.0 010 $a1-4411-3247-3 010 $a1-4742-1102-X 010 $a1-4411-6394-8 024 7 $a10.5040/9781474211024 035 $a(CKB)3710000000096718 035 $a(EBL)1659741 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001215776 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11976711 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001215776 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11179315 035 $a(PQKB)10338593 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1659741 035 $a(OCoLC)1058560835 035 $a(UtOrBLW)bslw09305716 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6161955 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000096718 100 $a20150116d2014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe evacuation of civilians from Burma $eanalysing the 1942 colonial disaster /$fMichael D. Leigh 210 1$aLondon ;$aNew Delhi ;$aNew York :$cBloomsbury,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4742-6194-9 311 $a1-4411-4090-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $apt. one. Socio-political undercurrents -- pt. two. Sturm, drang and panic -- pt. three. Residues of hurt. 330 $a"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 Utilizing unpublished letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, Michael Leigh provides the first comprehensive account of the evacuation, analyzing its source in the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. 606 $aEvacuation of civilians$zBurma 606 $aWorld War--(1939-1945) 606 $2Asian history 607 $aBurma 615 0$aEvacuation of civilians 615 0$aWorld War--(1939-1945) 676 $a959.104 700 $aLeigh$b Michael D.$01067797 801 0$bUtOrBLW 801 1$bUtOrBLW 801 2$bUkLoBP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910511905703321 996 $aThe evacuation of civilians from Burma$92551964 997 $aUNINA