War, conflict and security in Japan and Asia-Pacific, 1941-52 : the writings of Louis Allen / edited by Ian Nish and Mark Allen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Allen, Louis, 1922-1991.

Contributor:

Nish, Ian.

Allen, Mark.

Series:

Writings of ; v. 4.

The writings of ; v. 4

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

World War, 1939-1945--Pacific Area.

World War, 1939-1945.

Japan--History--1926-1945.

Japan.

Japan--History--1945-1989.

Southeast Asia--History--1945-.

Southeast Asia.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (417 p.)

Place of Publication:

Folkestone, Kent, U.K. : Global Oriental, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

It was Louis Allen’s work on Japan which dominated his prodigious output as a scholar, researcher and writer and which received greatest attention internationally. This collection of his writings focuses entirely on his principal fields of research, viz, Japan and the Pacific War, the post-war conflicts in Burma, Malaya and Indochina, and the immediate post-war years in the context of Japan, security and reconciliation. Importantly, in addition to the 24 essays brought together here from both known and unknown sources, we are pleased to publish for the first time Louis Allen’s own undated autobiographical paper entitled ‘Innocents Abroad: Investigating War Crimes in South-East Asia’, providing a unique, first-hand account of his war-time life and activities. This volume also includes a complete bibliography of Louis Allen’s writings covering all disciplines.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

1 The Surrender of Singapore: Official Japanese Version / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

2 Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-5, I: Ba Maw and the Independence of Burma / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

3 Japanese Military Rule in Burma (Review: Biruma ni okeru Nihon gunseishi no kenkyu) / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

4 Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-5, II: French Indo-China to Vietnam / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

5 The Japanese Coup of 9 March 1945 in Indo-China / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

6 Buryoku Shori: Japan's Takeover of Indo-China / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

7 To be a Prisoner: The River Kwai and Beyond / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

8 The Strategy of Failure / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

9 Japan Surrenders: Reason and Unreason in August 1945 / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

10 The Second World War in Asia: An Overview / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

11 Britain and China 1942-1945: Not so Offiy-toofly / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

12 Notes on Japanese Historiography / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

13 Japanese Intelligence Systems / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

14 Wartime Japanese Planning: A Note on Akira Iriye / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

15 Mutaguchi and the Invasion of India (Irophal, 1944) / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

16 Fujiwara and Suzuki: The Lawrence of Arabia Syndrome / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

17 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army: Renegades or Liberators? / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

18 The Nakano School / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

19 Burma: The Longest War, 1941-45 / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

20 Burma and Malaya: A Great Upheaval / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

21 Indo-China: Rise of the Viet Minh / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

22 Not so Piacular - A Footnote to Ienaga on Malaya / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

23 The Escape of Captain Vivian: A Footnote to Burmese Independence / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

24 Transfer of Power in Burma / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

I Louis Allen: A Historian Who Wanted to See Anglo-Japanese Hostilities from Both Sides / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

My Father: Louis Allen / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

The French and Japanese Connections. Activities Inside and Outside the University of Durham / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

Bibliography - The Writings of Louis Allen (1922-1991) / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

Index / Ian Nish and Mark Allen

Photograph and list of participants at the Conference on Modem Japan, Oxford, April 1973 / Ian Nish and Mark Allen.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 359-374) and index.

ISBN:

90-04-21276-0

OCLC:

833765524

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004212763 DOI