Battle for Malaya (häftad)
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Format
Häftad (Paperback / softback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
296
Utgivningsdatum
2019-12-02
Förlag
Indiana University Press
Illustrationer
13 Halftones, black and white
Dimensioner
234 x 155 x 18 mm
Vikt
454 g
Antal komponenter
1
Komponenter
3349:Standard B&W 6.14 x 9.21 in or 234 x 156 mm (Royal 8vo) Perfect Bound on Standard 70 White w/Ma
ISBN
9780253044174

Battle for Malaya

The Indian Army in Defeat, 19411942

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The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the World War II Battle for Malaya an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, especially in India. Japan's successful tactics in Malayarapid marches, wide outflanking movement along difficult terrain, nocturnal attacks, and roadblockswould be repeated in Burma in 194243. Until the Allied command evolved adequate countermeasures, Japanese soldiers remained supreme in the field. Looking beyond the failures of command, Kaushik Roy focuses on tactics of the ground battle that unfolded in Malaya between December 1941 and February 1942. His analysis includes the organization of the Indian Armythe largest portion of Commonwealth troopsand compares it to the British and Australian armies that fought side by side with Indian soldiers. Utilizing both official war office records and unofficial memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories, Roy presents a synthesis of history from the top with history from below and provides a thick narrative of operations interwoven with tactical analysis of the Battle for Malaya.
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Kaushik Roy is Associate Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He has written or edited 19 books, including most recently War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia, and The Army in British India.

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Introduction 1. Prelude to Invasion 2. The Imperial Armies 3. Retreat from the Beaches 4. Defeat along the Slim and Muar Rivers 5. Disaster at Johore 6. Endgame at Singapore 7. Assessment 8. Conclusion Bibliography Index