Battle for Malaya by Kaushik Roy
The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the Battle for Malaya during World War II an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, especially in India.Kaushik Roy is Associate Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He has written or edited 19 books, including most recently War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia, and The Army in British India.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780253044174 |
| ISBN 10 | 0253044170 |
| Title | Battle for Malaya |
| Author | Kaushik Roy |
| Series | Twentieth-Century Battles |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Indiana University Press |
| Year published | 2019-12-02 |
| Number of pages | 296 |
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