Burma 1942: The Road from Rangoon to Mandalay

by Alan Warren

Book Overview

In December 1941 Japan set out to seize South-East Asia and the western Pacific to complete the building of a self-sufficient empire. The rapid loss of all of Britain's possessions in the Far East was the culmination of a failed attempt to deal with the rise of Japanese imperialism. Britain's bluff was called and millions of Britain's 'protected' subjects in Asia fell into the hands of a brutal occupying power. The British fought the Second World...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1441152504
• ISBN13: 9781441152503
• Release Date: February 2012
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"