xxx, 673 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Contents
Prologue : an unending war -- 1 1945 : interregnum -- 2 1945 : the pains of victory -- 3 1945 : a second colonial conquest -- 4 1945 : the first wars of peace -- 5 1946 : freedom without borders -- 6 1946 : one empire unravels, another is born -- 7 1947 : at freedom's gate -- 8 1947 : Malaya on the brink -- 9 1948 : a bloody dawn -- 10 1948 : the Malayan revolution -- 11 1949 : the centre barely holds -- Epilogue : the end of Britain's Asian empire
Summary
"This extraordinary book is a vivid, highly original account of the creation of a new Asia after the Second World War - an unstoppable wave of nationalism that ultimately swept the British Empire aside. It tells the definitive story of how India, Pakistan, Burma and Malaysia came into existence and how British interference in Vietnam and Indonesia fatally shaped those countries' futures. Forgotten Wars marks a huge advance in how we understand the final years of Britain's centuries of rule in Asia."--BOOK JACKET
Notes
Sequel to: Forgotten armies
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 555-651) and index
