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Japanese-Trained Armies in Southeast Asia / Joyce C. Lebra.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Singapore : ISEAS Publishing, [2010]Copyright date: ©2010Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9789814279444
  • 9789814279451
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • D767 .L36 2010
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to Reprint Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Japanese Initiative — Southeast Asian Response -- 2. The Indian National Army -- 3. The Burma Independence Army -- 4. Peta -- 5. Volunteer Armies in Malaya, Sumatra, Indochina, Borneo and the Philippines -- 6. Revolt of the Independence Armies -- 7. The Significance of the Japanese Military Model 167 for Southeast Asia -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Bibliographical Note -- Glossary -- Index
Summary: This is the first study by a Western scholar of a significant facet of the history of the Second World War - Japanese-trained independence and volunteer armies as agents of revolution and modernization. At the time, the Japanese did not see that their military imprinting would affect a whole generation of political/military leadership of nations of post-Second World War Southeast Asia. Leaders like Suharto, Ne Win and Park are all products of Japanese military training.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9789814279451

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to Reprint Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Japanese Initiative — Southeast Asian Response -- 2. The Indian National Army -- 3. The Burma Independence Army -- 4. Peta -- 5. Volunteer Armies in Malaya, Sumatra, Indochina, Borneo and the Philippines -- 6. Revolt of the Independence Armies -- 7. The Significance of the Japanese Military Model 167 for Southeast Asia -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Bibliographical Note -- Glossary -- Index

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This is the first study by a Western scholar of a significant facet of the history of the Second World War - Japanese-trained independence and volunteer armies as agents of revolution and modernization. At the time, the Japanese did not see that their military imprinting would affect a whole generation of political/military leadership of nations of post-Second World War Southeast Asia. Leaders like Suharto, Ne Win and Park are all products of Japanese military training.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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