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Book The China Burma India Campaign  1931 1945

Download or read book The China Burma India Campaign 1931 1945 written by Eugene L. Rasor and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 1998-03-19 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The China-Burma-India campaign of the Asian/Pacific war of World War II was the most complex, if not the most controversial, theater of the entire war. Guerrilla warfare, commando and special intelligence operations, and air tactics originated here. The literature is extensive and this book provides an evaluative survey of that vast literature. A comprehensive compilation of some 1,500 titles, the work includes a narrative historiographical overview and an annotated bibliography of the titles covered in the historiographical section. Following an introductory historical essay and a chronology, the historiographical narrative covers land, water, underwater, air, and combined operations, intelligence matters, diplomacy, and logistics and supply. It also examines the memoirs, diaries, autobiographies, and biographies of the personnel involved. Such cultural topics as journalism, fiction, film, and art are analyzed, and existing gaps in the literature are looked at. The bibliography provides both descriptive and evaluative annotations.

Book The Pearl of the East

Download or read book The Pearl of the East written by Dídac Cubeiro Rodríguez and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book analyzes the economic impact of the early development of railways in different Asian countries, linking the inlands with port cities and with a global network of connections. This is looked at in the context of the rise of imperialism in the last decades of the 19th century and the redistribution of spheres of influence in Asia. The book considers the increase of exports of plantation economies in the context of the global market and the importance of China, and the struggle between the great powers for the economic penetration in the Chinese empire. Its comparative approach provides an original contribution to global economic history and will be valuable reading for students and researchers of economic history, transport economics, and Asian history more broadly.

Book Unpublished Research on British Commonwealth  Completed and in Progress

Download or read book Unpublished Research on British Commonwealth Completed and in Progress written by United States Department of State. External Research Division and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1954, Apr. issue lists studies in progress, Oct. issue, completed studies.

Book British Economic Development in South East Asia  1880 1939  Volume 1

Download or read book British Economic Development in South East Asia 1880 1939 Volume 1 written by David Sunderland and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection focuses on the economic development of the areas of SE Asia with which Britain had a trading relationship. Covering 1880-1939, the economic growth of the region is revealed through a selection of rare primary resources organized thematically with sections dedicated to agriculture, mining, trade, labour, finance and infrastructure.

Book Antecedents of the Burma Road

Download or read book Antecedents of the Burma Road written by Ralph Charles Croizier and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Unpublished Research on Southeast Asia  Completed and in Progress

Download or read book Unpublished Research on Southeast Asia Completed and in Progress written by United States Department of State. External Research Division and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning in 1954, Apr. issue lists studies in progress; Oct. issue, completed studies.

Book On the Shadow Tracks

    Book Details:
  • Author : Clare Hammond
  • Publisher : Random House
  • Release : 2024-06-06
  • ISBN : 1802062041
  • Pages : 317 pages

Download or read book On the Shadow Tracks written by Clare Hammond and published by Random House. This book was released on 2024-06-06 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing achievement’ Joanna Lumley In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together. Her journey would take her from Myanmar's tropical south to the embattled mountain towns that border India and China. In dilapidated carriages, along tracks in disrepair, through contested ethnic states and former sites of forced labour, visiting temples, tea shops and festivals, Clare encountered a colourful and contradictory Myanmar through the stories of its people. Simultaneously a lush and evocative travelogue, an unsparing account of Myanmar's recent history, and an astonishing, conversation-shifting engagement with Britain's colonial legacy, On the Shadow Tracks is that rare and necessary thing: a book that finds and tells the truth.

Book External Research

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Department of State. External Research Division
  • Publisher :
  • Release :
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book External Research written by United States. Department of State. External Research Division and published by . This book was released on with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Skies of Thunder

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  • Author : Caroline Alexander
  • Publisher : Penguin
  • Release : 2024-05-14
  • ISBN : 1984879243
  • Pages : 497 pages

Download or read book Skies of Thunder written by Caroline Alexander and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2024-05-14 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air—meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is a story of an epic human endeavor, in which Allied troops faced the monumental challenge of operating from airfields hacked from the jungle, and took on “the Hump,” the fearsome mountain barrier that defined the air route.They flew fickle, untested aircraft through monsoons and enemy fire, with inaccurate maps and only primitive navigation technology. The result was a litany of both deadly crashes and astonishing feats of survival. The most chaotic of all the war’s arenas, the China-Burma-India theater was further confused by the conflicting political interests of Roosevelt, Churchill and their demanding, nominal ally, Chiang Kai-shek. Caroline Alexander, who wrote the defining books on Shackleton’s Endurance and Bligh's Bounty, is brilliant at probing what it takes to survive extreme circumstances. She has unearthed obscure memoirs and long-ignored records to give us the pilots’ and soldiers’ eye views of flying and combat, as well as honest portraits of commanders like the celebrated “Vinegar Joe” Stillwell and Claire Lee Chennault. She assesses the real contributions of units like the Flying Tigers, Merrill’s Marauders, and the British Chindits, who pioneered new and unconventional forms of warfare. Decisions in this theater exposed the fault-lines between the Allies—America and Britain, Britain and India, and ultimately and most fatefully between America and China, as FDR pressed to help the Chinese nationalists in order to forge a bond with China after the war. A masterpiece of modern war history.

Book China s Route Heritage

    Book Details:
  • Author : Gary Sigley
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • Release : 2020-11-09
  • ISBN : 1000217884
  • Pages : 254 pages

Download or read book China s Route Heritage written by Gary Sigley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-09 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China’s Route Heritage examines the creation, development and proliferation of the route heritage discourse of the Ancient Tea Horse Road (Chamagudao), in the People’s Republic of China. Examining the formation of the tea-horse road as a concept, its development as a platform for cultural branding, and its most recent interactions with the policy of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and the revival of the discourse on the Silk Roads, the book demonstrates that the tea-horse road is an important part of the discourse on Chinese modernity. Describing the route heritage of the tea-horse road as a ‘mobility narrative’, whereby an ancient route is used to form a narrative of ethnic unity and cooperation, the book demonstrates that the study of such heritage offers unique insights into issues that are of concern to the wider field of critical heritage studies. Sigley also shows how the study of alternative route heritage enables us to gain a broader sense of route heritage discourse and its implications for the discussion of historical, present and future forms of mobility and connectivity within China and beyond its borders. China’s Route Heritage should be of interest to researchers and postgraduate students who are engaged in the study of heritage, China, the Silk Roads and the BRI, politics, international relations and tourism.

Book External Research  ER List

    Book Details:
  • Author : United States. Department of State. External Research Division
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1962
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 24 pages

Download or read book External Research ER List written by United States. Department of State. External Research Division and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Burma

    Book Details:
  • Author : Patricia M. Herbert
  • Publisher : Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press
  • Release : 1991
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 368 pages

Download or read book Burma written by Patricia M. Herbert and published by Oxford, England ; Santa Barbara, Calif. : Clio Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Britain and the Netherlands in Europe and Asia

Download or read book Britain and the Netherlands in Europe and Asia written by J.S. Bromley and published by Springer. This book was released on 1968-06-18 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of Asian Studies

Download or read book The Journal of Asian Studies written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 846 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential resource for those interested in Asia. Recognized as the leading publication in its field. It features articles on the history, arts, social sciences, and contemporary issues of East, South, and Southeast Asia, as well as a large book review section.

Book External Research List

Download or read book External Research List written by and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Journal of the Siam Society

Download or read book The Journal of the Siam Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: