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1 online resource (417 pages) |
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The Writings of |
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Writings of.
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| Contents |
War, Conflict and Security in Japan and Asia-Pacific, 1941-52; Strange Revelations; Contents; Acknowledgements/Note on Romanization; Louis Allen, 1922-91 -- Formidable Character and Scholar; Introduction: The Writings of Louis Allen; Autobiographical: Innocents Abroad: Investigating War Crimes in South-East Asia; Map of Burma and Malaya; List of Abbreviations; PART I: THE ASIA-PACIFIC WAR; 1 The Surrender of Singapore: Official Japanese Version; 2 Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-5, I: Ba Maw and the Independence of Burma |
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3 Japanese Military Rule in Burma (Review: Biruma ni okeru Nihon gunseishi no kenkyu)4 Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-5,II: French Indo-China to Vietnam; 5 The Japanese Coup of 9 March 1945 in Indo-China; 6 Buryoku Shori: Japan's Takeover of Indo-China; 7 To be a Prisoner: The River Kwai and Beyond; 8 The Strategy of Failure; 9 Japan Surrenders: Reason and Unreason in August 1945; 10 The Second World War in Asia: An Overview; 11 Britain and China 1942-1945: Not so Offly-toofly; 12 Notes on Japanese Historiography |
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PART II: JAPANESE MILITARY INTELLIGENCEAND NATIONAL SECURITY13 Japanese Intelligence Systems; 14 Wartime Japanese Planning: A Note on Akira Iriye; 15 Mutaguchi and the Invasion of India (Imphal, 1944); 16 Fujiwara and Suzuki: The Lawrence of Arabia Syndrome; 17 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army:Renegades or liberators?; 18 The Nakano School; PART III: POST-WAR CONFLICTS IN BURMA, MALAYA AND INDO-CHINA; 19 Burma: The Longest War, 1941-45; 20 Burma and Malaya: A Great Upheaval; 21 Indo-China: Rise of the Viet Minh; 22 Not so Piacular -- A Footnote to Ienaga on Malaya |
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23 The Escape of Captain Vivian: A Footnote to Burmese Independence24 Transfer of Power in Burma; APPENDICES; I Louis Allen: A Historian Who Wanted to See Anglo-Japanese Hostilities from Both Sides; II My Father: Louis Allen; III The French and Japanese Connections. Activities Inside and Outside the University of Durham; Bibliography -- The Writings of Louis Allen (1922-1991); Index; Photograph and list of participants at the Conference on Modern Japan, Oxford, April 1973 |
| Summary |
Louis Allen's work on Japan dominated his prodigious output as a scholar, researcher and writer and received great attention internationally. This collection focuses on Japan and the Pacific War, the post-war conflicts in Burma, Malaya and Indochina, and the immediate post-war years in the context of Japan, security and reconciliation |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Area
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| SUBJECT |
Japan -- History -- 1926-1945. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85069503
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Japan -- History -- 1945-1989. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2006005810
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Southeast Asia -- History -- 1945- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh87002953
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Japan.
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Pacific Area.
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Southeast Asia.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9789004212763 |
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9004212760 |
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