Imperial Military Transportation In British Asia
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Imperial Military Transportation In British Asia
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Author : Michael W. Charney
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2019-02-07
Imperial Military Transportation In British Asia written by Michael W. Charney and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-07 with History categories.
Imperial Military Transportation in British Asia sheds light on attempts by royal engineers to introduce innovations devised in the UK to wartime India, Iraq, and Burma, as well as the initial resistance of local groups of colonial railwaymen to such metropolitan innovations. Michael W. Charney looks at the role of the railways in the First Burma Campaign to show how some kinds of military technology – as an example of imperial knowledge – faced resistance due to 1930s-era colonial insularity. The delay this caused significantly compromised the early defense of the colony when the Japanese invaded in 1942. Charney examines the efforts made by one engineer in particular to revive the railways and shows how this effort was responsible for the development of a truly imperial technology that was suitable for extra-European contexts and finally won acceptance in India. Incorporating newly accessible primary source material from the files of the military Director of Transportation during the Campaign, this book highlights a hitherto unfilled gap in the archival record and explores an ignored but crucial aspect of the 1942 Japanese invasion of Burma.
Myanmar Burma Since The 1988 Uprising
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Author : Andrew Selth
language : en
Publisher: ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute
Release Date : 2022-01-24
Myanmar Burma Since The 1988 Uprising written by Andrew Selth and has been published by ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-24 with Reference categories.
Updated by popular demand, this is the fourth edition of this important bibliography. It lists a wide selection of works on or about Myanmar published in English and in hard copy since the 1988 pro-democracy uprising, which marked the beginning of a new era in Myanmar’s modern history. There are now 2,727 titles listed. They have been written, edited, translated or compiled by over 2,000 people, from many different backgrounds. These works have been organized into thirty-five subject chapters containing ninety-five discrete sections. There are also four appendices, including a comprehensive reading guide for those unfamiliar with Myanmar or who may be seeking guidance on particular topics. This book is an invaluable aid to officials, scholars, journalists, armchair travellers and others with an interest in this fascinating but deeply troubled country.
Warfare And Society In British India 1757 1947
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Author : Ashutosh Kumar
language : en
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2022-12-30
Warfare And Society In British India 1757 1947 written by Ashutosh Kumar and has been published by Taylor & Francis this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-30 with History categories.
This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The chapters in the volume focus on technology, logistics, and state building. The present volume highlights the salient features of expansion and consolidation of imperial control over the subcontinent, and ultimate demise of the Raj. Further, it turns the spotlight on to subaltern challenges to imperialism as well as the role of non-combatants in warfare. The volume: • Deals with both conventional and guerrilla conflicts and focuses on the frontiers (both North-West and North-East, including Burma); • Looks at the army as an institution rather than present a chronological account of military operations, which highlights the complex and tortuous relationship between combat institution, colonial state, and Indian society; • Integrates top-down approaches in military and strategic studies with the bottom-up perspectives and discusses on how the conduct of war (organisation and technology) is related to the economic, societal, and cultural impact of war. A rich account of the British ‘Army in India’, this book will be essential reading for scholars and researchers of South Asian history, military history, political history, colonialism, and the British Empire.
On The Shadow Tracks
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Author : Clare Hammond
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2024-06-06
On The Shadow Tracks written by Clare Hammond and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-06-06 with History categories.
'On the Shadow Tracks harnesses the railway lines of Myanmar’s complicated past to its turbulent present, and the result is part travelogue, part history and completely absorbing. An astonishing achievement’ Joanna Lumley In 2016, while working as a journalist in Yangon, Clare Hammond discovered an obscure map that showed a web of new railways spanning the length and breadth of the country - railways not shown on any other publicly available maps. She was determined to uncover the railways' origins, purpose, and most of all, the silence that surrounded them. She would spend three months travelling on these mysterious railways, and the next five years piecing their story together. Her journey would take her from Myanmar's tropical south to the embattled mountain towns that border India and China. In dilapidated carriages, along tracks in disrepair, through contested ethnic states and former sites of forced labour, visiting temples, tea shops and festivals, Clare encountered a colourful and contradictory Myanmar through the stories of its people. Simultaneously a lush and evocative travelogue, an unsparing account of Myanmar's recent history, and an astonishing, conversation-shifting engagement with Britain's colonial legacy, On the Shadow Tracks is that rare and necessary thing: a book that finds and tells the truth.
Managing The Media In The India Burma War 1941 1945
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Author : Philip Woods
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-08-11
Managing The Media In The India Burma War 1941 1945 written by Philip Woods and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-08-11 with History categories.
This book explores how the media was used by the armed forces during the India-Burma campaigns of WWII to project the most positive image to domestic and international audiences of a war that often seemed neglected or misunderstood. Discussing how soldiers were, for the first time, able to access newspapers and radio broadcasts relating stories of the campaigns they were actively fighting in, Managing the Media in the India-Burma War reveals not only the impact that the media had in maintaining troop morale, but how the military recognised that the media could be a valuable arm of warfare. Revealing how troops responded to reports of their operations, Philip Woods demonstrates the role of the media in creating the 'Forgotten Army' syndrome, which came about in the last two years of the Burma campaign. Focusing on the British Media, but with examples from the United States and India, including Indian war correspondents, it discusses India's role in the Second World War in relation to social, economic and political developments at the time. Honing in on India and Burma at a turning point in their road to independence, this book offers a fresh angle on a well-known military conflict, unpicks the various constraints and influences on the media in wartime, and links the campaign to India's crucial role in WWII.
Imperial Defence
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Author : Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1897
Imperial Defence written by Sir Charles Wentworth Dilke and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1897 with Great Britain categories.
Defence And Decolonisation In Southeast Asia
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Author : Karl Hack
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2001
Defence And Decolonisation In Southeast Asia written by Karl Hack and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Colonies categories.
This text explains British defence policy by examining the overlapping of colonial, military, economic and Cold War factors in Southeast Asia.
The British Imperial Century 1815 1914
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Author : Timothy Parsons
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 1999
The British Imperial Century 1815 1914 written by Timothy Parsons and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Great Britain categories.
Focusing on the transition from informal to formal empire which broadened and intensified Britain's relations with Asia and Africa, Timothy Parsons describes the establishment of extensive colonies and protectorates in Egypt, India, China, and the Ottoman Empire. Parsons explores the cultural, political, economic, and social implications of British authority in these areas and he describes the various ways in which subject peoples contested and adapted to the expansion of the British Crown. --From publisher's description.
British Military Transport 1829 1956
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Author : David Fletcher
language : en
Publisher: Stationary Office
Release Date : 1998
British Military Transport 1829 1956 written by David Fletcher and has been published by Stationary Office this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with History categories.
An illustrated history of the land vehicles used by the British army.
A Global History Of Convicts And Penal Colonies
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Author : Clare Anderson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-05-17
A Global History Of Convicts And Penal Colonies written by Clare Anderson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-17 with History categories.
Between 1415, when the Portuguese first used convicts for colonization purposes in the North African enclave of Ceuta, to the 1960s and the dissolution of Stalin's gulags, global powers including the Spanish, Dutch, Portuguese, British, Russians, Chinese and Japanese transported millions of convicts to forts, penal settlements and penal colonies all over the world. A Global History of Convicts and Penal Colonies builds on specific regional archives and literatures to write the first global history of penal transportation. The essays explore the idea of penal transportation as an engine of global change, in which political repression and forced labour combined to produce long-term impacts on economy, society and identity. They investigate the varied and interconnected routes convicts took to penal sites across the world, and the relationship of these convict flows to other forms of punishment, unfree labour, military service and indigenous incarceration. They also explore the lived worlds of convicts, including work, culture, religion and intimacy, and convict experience and agency.