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Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia. Book.

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Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. Neuware - When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication? The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world. The book uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication? The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world. The book uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Delivered from our UK warehouse in 4 to 14 business days. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

HRD. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. THIS BOOK IS PRINTED ON DEMAND. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication? The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world. The book uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication? The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Buch. Condition: Neu. This item is printed on demand - it takes 3-4 days longer - Neuware -The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. 654 pp. Englisch.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication? The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world. The book uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world. The book uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication? The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance. The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - The Burma front was where global strategy met its most unforgiving tests. Cut off from easy sea access, threaded with mountains and dense forests, and battered by monsoon, it forced every combatant to confront a hard question: could their grand designs for Asia be sustained at the end of such fragile lines of communication The Forgotten Front: Burma and the Fight for Asia re-centres the Burma campaign as a pivotal struggle over logistics, health, and coalition cohesion rather than simply a backdrop to events in Europe or the Pacific.Moving from pre-war geography to the postwar settlement, Arjun Varquel traces how Japanese and Allied planners tried to impose their will on a landscape that resisted movement, punished neglect of disease, and magnified small tactical errors. He follows British, Indian, Chinese, American, and Burmese actors as they adapted to jungle warfare, experimented with air supply, and wrestled with the politics of sustaining a diverse coalition. Alongside operations at Imphal, Kohima, and along the Irrawaddy, the book examines refugees, coerced labour, and the wider civilian impact war had across towns, villages, and borderlands.Written for students of history and international relations, military professionals, and curious general readers alike, The Forgotten Front offers a clear framework for thinking about coalition operations and operational logistics in hostile environments. It shows how decisions about roads, airstrips, medical units, and intelligence networks often mattered as much as battlefield tactics. Readers will come away with a sharper sense of why Burma mattered to wartime Asia, how it shaped postcolonial trajectories, and what its demanding terrain still has to teach about the possibilities and limits of power projected over great distance.…

Hardcover. Condition: new. Hardcover. When imperial powers went to war in 1939, they claimed to be fighting for freedom, civilisation, and a just international order. Yet the armies, labour forces, and resources that sustained their campaigns were drawn from populations in Asia and Africa who lacked basic political rights. The Colonial War Within a World War uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend.Moving from India to Southeast Asia, North Africa to West and Central Africa, the book traces how wartime mobilisation expanded states' capacity to control, but also widened the space for dissent. Emergency laws, forced labour, and censorship intensified colonial repression, yet they also provoked strikes, mutinies, and underground organising. Some movements sought Japanese or German backing as opportunistic alliances; others gambled on Allied promises of reform and self-government, invoking Atlantic Charter language and the emerging norms of the United Nations. Across these varied cases, Arjun Varquel offers a comparative empire perspective that connects local struggles to shifting ideas of imperial legitimacy.Written for students, general readers, and scholars of global history and politics, the book shows that decolonisation was not a sudden postwar rupture but a decolonisation momentum generated during the war itself. Readers come away with a clear analytical framework for understanding how violence, organisation, and rhetoric intersected to erode imperial authority. By treating World War II as both global conflict and colonial crisis, The Colonial War Within a World War invites a rethinking of mid-twentieth-century history and the long afterlives of empire in today's world. The book uncovers how this contradiction turned the Second World War into a decisive moment of anti-colonial resistance, in which subjects used the upheaval of total war to challenge the very empires they were told to defend. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.…

Taschenbuch. Condition: Neu. The Forgotten Front | Burma and the Fight for Asia | Arjun Varquel | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2026 | VIJ Books | EAN 9789377940768 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, 36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr[at]libri[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu Print on Demand.