Author: Keat Gin OoiPublisher:
ISBN: 9780896801998
Category : Sarawak (Malaysia)
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Japanese Empire in the Tropics: Before 15 December 1941 ; 15 December 1941 to 24 December 1941
Author: Keat Gin OoiPublisher:
ISBN: 9780896801998
Category : Sarawak (Malaysia)
Languages : en
Pages : 721
Book Description
Tropical Warfare in the Asia-Pacific Region, 1941-45
Author: Kaushik RoyPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317538315
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 281
Book Description
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive overview of the land war during the Second World War in South-East Asia and the South and South-West Pacific. The extensive existing literature focuses on particular armies – Japanese, British, American, Australian or Indian – and/or on particular theatres – the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Malaya or Burma. This book, on the contrary, argues that warfare in all the theatres was very similar, especially the difficulties of the undeveloped terrain, and that there was considerable interchange of ideas between the allied armies which enabled the spread of best practice among them. The book considers tactics, training, technology and logistics, assesses the changing state of the combat effectiveness of the different armies, and traces the course of the war from the Japanese Blitzkrieg of 1941, through the later stalemate, and the hard fought Allied fightback. Although the book concentrates on ground forces, due attention is also given to air forces and amphibious operations. One important argument put forward by the author is that the defeat of the Japanese was not inevitable and that it was brought about by chance and considerable tactical ingenuity on the part of US and British imperial forces.
Japanese Empire in the Tropics
Author: Keat Gin OoiPublisher: Ohio University Press
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
Although the Japanese interregnum was brief, its dramatic commencement and equally dramatic conclusion represented a watershed in the history of the young state of Sarawak. In recent years, there has been a groundswell of interest in the war years, culminating in an attempt at reassessment of the Japanese occupation in Southeast Asia by Western and Japanese scholars as well as by those from Southeast Asia. Presented here in a two-volume edition is a history of the Japanese occupation of Sarawak narrated through the compelling testimonies of the actual participants based on their recollections, memoirs, and correspondence.
The Japanese Expansion in the Pacific, 7 December 1941 - 12 September 1942
Author: Earl R. ShortA Diary of the Japanese Occupation, December 7, 1941-May 7, 1945
Author: Juan LabradorPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Catholics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
The Japanese Conquest of Malaya and Singapore, December 1941 - February 1942
Author: Radicals
Author: Syed AljuniedPublisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 1609091825
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 237
Book Description
Radicals tells the story of a group of radical Malay men and women from ordinary social backgrounds who chose to oppose foreign rule of their homeland, knowing full well that by embarking on this path of resistance, they would risk imprisonment or death. Their ranks included teachers, journalists, intellectuals, housewives, peasants, preachers, and youths. They formed, led, and contributed to the founding of political parties, grassroots organizations, unions, newspapers, periodicals, and schools that spread their ideas across the country in the aftermath of the Great Depression, when colonialism was at its height and evident in all areas of life in their country. But when their efforts to uproot foreign dominance faltered in the face of the sanctions the state imposed upon them, some of these radicals chose to take up arms, while others engaged in aggressive protests and acts of civil disobedience to uphold their rights. While some died fighting and hundreds were incarcerated, many lived to resist colonialism until their country attained its independence in August 1957, all of these Malay radicals were devoted to becoming free men and women and to claiming their right to be treated as equals in a world riddled with prejudice and contradictions. Syed Muhd Khairudin Aljunied's innovative study brings to light the less charted and unanalyzed terrain of the radical experience—becoming and being radical. He argues that the experiences and histories of radicals in colonial Malaya can be elucidated in a more nuanced way by interrogating them alongside evolving local and global circumstances and by analyzing them through the lenses of a set of overarching and interconnected mobilizing concepts—a set of ideas, visions, and notions that the radicals used to reason and justify their advent—that were internalized, lived, and utilized in the course of their activism. These mobilizing concepts were their weapons and armor, employed to organize, strategize, protect, and consolidate themselves when menaced by the tentacles of the colonial state as they embarked upon the agonizing path towards independence. Those interested in Malaysian history, colonial history, radical movements, and resistance groups will enjoy this fascinating study.
Encyclopedia of American Short Films, 1926-1959
Author: Graham WebbPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476639264
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 735
Book Description
Short subject films have a long history in American cinemas. These could be anywhere from 2 to 40 minutes long and were used as a "filler" in a picture show that would include a cartoon, a newsreel, possibly a serial and a short before launching into the feature film. Shorts could tackle any topic of interest: an unusual travelogue, a comedy, musical revues, sports, nature or popular vaudeville acts. With the advent of sound-on-film in the mid-to-late 1920s, makers of earlier silent short subjects began experimenting with the short films, using them as a testing ground for the use of sound in feature movies. After the Second World War, and the rising popularity of television, short subject films became far too expensive to produce and they had mostly disappeared from the screens by the late 1950s. This encyclopedia offers comprehensive listings of American short subject films from the 1920s through the 1950s.
The Japanese Expansion in the Pacific, 7 Dec. 1941 - 12 Sept. 1942
Author: George C. CalasPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : World War, 1939-1945
Languages : en
Pages : 18
Book Description
West Africa Over 75 Years
Author: Kole OmotosoPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, West
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description