{"product_id":"burma-1942-9781441152503","title":"Burma 1942","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlan Warren is a lecturer in history at Monash University, Australia. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eWazirista\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe faqir of Ipi\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eIndian Army\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing his excellent account of Japanese success in the Malaya\/Singapore campaign, Alan Warren has produced a first-rate operational study of the 1942 Burma campaign. Japanese fighting quality emerges clearly as does poor British military leadership. An important work. -- Professor Jeremy Black, University of Exeter\u003cbr\u003e... a succinct and even-handed account of what is still widely known as the 'Burma campaign' of the Second World War. -- BBC History Magazine, Vol. 13, No.4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction; Maps; 1 British Burma; 2 Imperial Japan and Preparations for War; 3 War comes to South-East Asia; 4 The Invasion of Burma and the loss of Tenasserim; 5 Across the Salween River; 6 The Battle of Bilin River; 7 Retreat from Bilin River; 8 The Sittang Bridge; 9 The Demolition of the Sittang Bridge; 10 Rangoon in the Firing Line; 11 The Royal Navy in South-East Asia; 12 Retreat from Rangoon; 13 The Imperial Japanese Navy and the Royal Navy's Eastern Fleet; 14 Admiral Nagumo's Raid on Ceylon; 15 The Oilfields of Yenangyaung; 16 Retreat to India; 17 The Consequences of Defeat; Appendix; Index.","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53187491660119,"sku":"9781441152503","price":55.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/burma-1942-9781441152503","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}