Forgotten wars : the end of Britain's Asian empire
Bayly, C. A. (Christopher Alan)2007
Book
Packed with entertaining and disturbing stories and with new accounts of the disastrous British military takeovers of Java and Vietnam in 1945, this title shows how the mishandling of the latter led directly to the Vietnam War.
Main title:
Forgotten wars : the end of Britain's Asian empire / Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper.
Imprint:
London : Allen Lane, 2007.
Collation:
xxx, 673 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 25 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 626-651) and index.
ISBN:
9780713997828 (hbk)
Dewey class:
959.053325.3'41'095
Language:
English
Subject:
Decolonization -- Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th centuryInsurgency -- Southeast Asia -- History -- 20th centuryWorld War, 1939-1945 -- Southeast Asia -- InfluenceGreat Britain -- Colonies -- Asia -- History -- 20th centurySoutheast Asia -- Politics and government -- 1945-Southeast Asia -- History -- 1945-
BRN:
94662