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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2021-01-28
- Pages
- 288
- ISBN
- 9780700630417
- Book Title
- 1945 Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army
- Book Series
- Modern War Studies
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Publication Year
- 2021
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Genre
- Political Science, History
- Topic
- Intergovernmental Organizations, Military / World War II, Asia / India & South Asia, World
- Item Weight
- 21.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 288 Pages
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
ISBN-10
0700630414
ISBN-13
9780700630417
eBay Product ID (ePID)
12050064570
Product Key Features
Book Title
1945 Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army
Number of Pages
288 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2021
Topic
Intergovernmental Organizations, Military / World War II, Asia / India & South Asia, World
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Political Science, History
Book Series
Modern War Studies
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
21.2 Oz
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2020-018384
Dewey Edition
23
Reviews
"A much-needed study of the Burma campaign in 1945 by the two foremost historians in the field. Not only do they chart the transformation of the Indian Army but also they relay the story of the forgotten African soldiers fighting in Burma. The authors demonstrate that it was largely due to the contribution of these troops that the Imperial Japanese Army was defeated by 1945. The book is extremely engaging and eloquent: an essential text for anyone studying the campaign. Its accessible prose makes it such a pleasure to read--it therefore deserves a much wider readership than just historians."-- Alan Jeffreys , author of Approach to Battle: Training the Indian Army during the Second World War "There is a stage in every topic when it becomes possible to produce a study that will be 'the' book everyone interested in the matter should read. That time has come, and The 1945 Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army is 'the' book. Callahan and Marston explain how and why the liberation of Burma in 1945 was the peak of military excellence for Allied combined-arms campaigns during the Second World War."-- Brian P. Farrell , professor of history, National University of Singapore, and author of The Defence and Fall of Singapore, "This superb book provides essential reading for scholars of the Indian army, the war in Burma, and the period just after."-- The Middle Ground Journal "The authors' account shifts fluidly from high-level command dilemmas to individual battalions and companies as they slogged through Burma's jungles across its central plains."-- War in History "Callahan and Marston have compiled a good survey of a complex and underappreciated subject."-- Army History "This is essential reading for anyone interested in the Asia-Pacific war, the British Empire's war, or the art of command."-- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review, "Callahan and Marston have compiled a good survey of a complex and underappreciated subject."-- Army History "This is essential reading for anyone interested in the Asia-Pacific war, the British Empire's war, or the art of command."-- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review, "This is essential reading for anyone interested in the Asia-Pacific war, the British Empire's war, or the art of command."-- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review, "Callahan and Marston demand our attention to be recentered on South Asia and the importance of this theater of the war. They make a convincing case."--- H-Net Reviews "This superb book provides essential reading for scholars of the Indian army, the war in Burma, and the period just after."-- The Middle Ground Journal "The authors' account shifts fluidly from high-level command dilemmas to individual battalions and companies as they slogged through Burma's jungles across its central plains."-- War in History "Callahan and Marston have compiled a good survey of a complex and underappreciated subject."-- Army History "This is essential reading for anyone interested in the Asia-Pacific war, the British Empire's war, or the art of command."-- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review, "A much-needed study of the Burma campaign in 1945 by the two foremost historians in the field. Not only do they chart the transformation of the Indian Army but also they relay the story of the forgotten African soldiers fighting in Burma. The authors demonstrate that it was largely due to the contribution of these troops that the Imperial Japanese Army was defeated by 1945. The book is extremely engaging and eloquent: an essential text for anyone studying the campaign. Its accessible prose makes it such a pleasure to read--it therefore deserves a much wider readership than just historians."-- Alan Jeffreys , author of Approach to Battle: Training the Indian Army during the Second World War "There is a stage in every topic when it becomes possible to produce a study that will be 'the' book everyone interested in the matter should read. That time has come, and The 1945 Burma Campaign and the Transformation of the British Indian Army is 'the' book. Callahan and Marston explain how and why the liberation of Burma in 1945 was the peak of military excellence for Allied combined-arms campaigns during the Second World War."-- Brian P. Farrell , professor of history, National University of Singapore, and author of The Defence and Fall of Singapore "This is surely the capstone account of the Indian Army's remarkable recovery, regeneration, reorganization, and ruthless reconquest of Burma following the imperial nadir of 1942. Callahan and Marston expertly combine grand strategy with tactics and operational-level planning and execution, revealing the enormous endeavors required to allow the spear's tip, the XIV Army, to achieve victory. Following the action all the way through to deployments in Indo-China and the Netherlands East Indies, this is a sweeping history of action on the ground and all its challenges and the command structures, preparations, and innovations that enabled it."-- Ashley Jackson , professor of imperial and military history, King's College London, "The authors' account shifts fluidly from high-level command dilemmas to individual battalions and companies as they slogged through Burma's jungles across its central plains."-- War in History "Callahan and Marston have compiled a good survey of a complex and underappreciated subject."-- Army History "This is essential reading for anyone interested in the Asia-Pacific war, the British Empire's war, or the art of command."-- New York Military Affairs Symposium Review
TitleLeading
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Dewey Decimal
940.54/2591
Table Of Content
Preface Introduction 1. A Professional Force: the XIV Army at the End of 1944 2. Endless Frustration: The Arakan 3. Operation Capital to Operation Extended Capital 4. The Race to Rangoon 5. The Final Battles 6. The XIV Army's Last Campaigns Conclusion: The Last of Its Kind Notes Bibliography Index A photo gallery follws page 128
Synopsis
The story of the 1945 Burma campaign has largely been forgotten, even though it ranks as one of the most brilliant and original operational maneuvers conducted by any British general in the 20th century., In 1945, the Indian British XIV Army inflicted on the Imperial Japanese Army in Burma the worst defeat in its history. That campaign, the most brilliant and original operational maneuver conducted by any British general in the twentieth century, largely forgotten until now, is a full and fresh account utilizing a full range of materials, from personal accounts to archival holdings--including the bits the official historians left out, such as the attempt by a jealous British Guards officer to have Slim sacked at the conclusion of the campaign. After the retreat from Burma in 1942, Lieutenant General Sir William Slim, commander of the British XIV Army, played a crucial role in the remarkable military renaissance that transformed the Indian Army and then, with that reborn army, won two defensive battles in 1944, and in the 1945 campaign shredded his Japanese opponents. Behind this dramatic story was another: the war marked the effective end of the Raj. This great transformation was, of course, brought about by many factors but not the least of them was the "Indianization" of the Indian Army's officer corps under the pressure of war. As Slim's great victory signposted the change from the army Kipling knew to a modern army with a growing number of Indian officers, the praetorian guard of the Raj evaporated. "Every Indian officer worth his salt is a nationalist," the Indian Army's commander-in-chief, Claude Auchinleck, said as the XIV Army took Rangoon. The Burma campaign may not have contributed in a major fashion to the final defeat of Japan, but it was of first-rate importance in the transformation of South Asia, as well as underlining the continuing importance of inspired leadership in complex human endeavors.
LC Classification Number
D767.6.C289 2021
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