Southeast Asian minorities in the wartime Japanese empire

This book provides thirteen case studies of minority experiences during the occupation period, and helps explain the legacy of ethnic tensions left by the war years in southeast Asia. It shows, for example, how in some areas of Burma the withdrawal of established authority led to widespread communal...

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Other Authors: Kratoska, Paul H.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London: RoutledgeCurzon, 2002.
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