Title British and Japanese military leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941-1945 / edited by Brian Bond and Kyoichi Tachikawa

Published London ; New York : Frank Cass, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 175 pages) Series Cass series--military history and policy, 1465-8488 ; 17 Cass series--military history and policy ; no. 17. Contents Britain's grand strategy and Anglo-American leadership in the war against Japan / Saki Dockrill -- Tojo Hideki as a war leader / Ryoichi Tobe -- The army level of command: General Sir William Slim and Fourteenth Army in Burma / Brian Bond -- Leadership in Japan's planning for war against Britain / Kanji Akagi -- Crisis of command: Major-General Gordon Bennett and British military effectiveness in the Malaysian campaign, 1941-42 / Carl Bridge -- General Yamashita and his style of leadership: the Malaya-Singapore campaign / Kyoichi Tachikawa -- British tactical command and leadership in the Burma campaign, 1941-45 / Graham Dunlop -- Japanese war leadership in the Burma theatre: the Imphal operation / Kenichi Arakawa -- British leadership in air operations: Malaya and Burma / Michael Dockrill -- Air operational leadership in the southern front: Imperial Army Aviation's trial to be an 'air force' in the Malaya offensive air operation / Hisayuki Yokoyama Summary Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative new collection brings together five distinguished UK-based scholars and five from Japan to reappraise their respective country's leadership in the Malaya and Burma campaigns. This leadership is analyzed on various levels, ranging from the grand strategic to operational. The Japanese contributors examine the reasons for their forces, brilliant advances in 1941-42, whereas the British writers have to account for the disastrous defeat, characterized by the poor leadership of senior commanders such as Bennett and Percival. Be Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-173) and index Notes Print version record Subject World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Malay Peninsula World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Burma. Strategy -- History -- 20th century Command of troops -- History -- 20th century Leadership -- Japan -- History -- 20th century Leadership -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century HISTORY -- Military -- World War II. Command of troops Leadership Military campaigns Strategy Asia -- Malay Peninsula Burma Great Britain Japan Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Bond, Brian. Tachikawa, KyÕoichi, 1966- ISBN 020330988X 9780203309889

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