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04048aam a2200613 i 4500 001 F15AC562471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 003 SILO 005 20200204010450 008 190830s2019 inub b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2019028017 020 $a 0253044170 020 $a 9780253044174 020 $a 0253044154 020 $a 9780253044150 035 $a (OCoLC)1119064418 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d OCLCA $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a u-at--- $a a-ii--- $a a-ja--- $a e-uk--- $a u-at--- 050 00 $a D767.5 $b .R69 2019 082 00 $a 940.54/2595 $2 23 100 1 $a Roy, Kaushik, $d 1971- $e author. 245 14 $a The battle for Malaya : $b the Indian Army in defeat, 1941-42 / $c Kaushik Roy. 264 1 $a Bloomington, Indiana : $b Indiana University Press, $c [2019] 300 $a xvi, 262 pages ; $c 25 cm. 490 1 $a Twentieth-century battles 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a The Rise of the Singapore Naval Base -- The Allied Ground Forces in Malaya -- The Invasion -- Defeat at Slim River -- Disaster at Muar and Johore -- Endgame on Singapore Island. 520 $a "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. Japan's successful tactics in Malaya-rapid marches, wide outflanking movement along difficult terrain, nocturnal attacks, and roadblocks-would be repeated in Burma in 1942-43. Until the Allied command evolved adequate countermeasures, Japanese soldiers remained supreme in the field. Focusing on tactics of the ground battle that unfolded in Malaya between December 1941 and February 1942, rather than the failures of command, Kaushik Roy analyzes the organization of the imperial armies, looking primarily at the Indian Army, which comprised the largest portion of Commonwealth troops, and compares that army with those of Britain and Australia, which fought side by side with Indian soldiers. Utilizing both official war office records and unofficial memoirs, autobiographies, and oral histories, Roy presents a synthesis of history from the top with history from below and provides a thick narrative of operations interwoven with tactical analysis of the Battle for Malaya from both sides"-- $c Provided by publisher. 610 10 $a India. $b Army $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 610 10 $a Japan. $b Rikugun $x Drill and tactics. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b Army $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 610 10 $a Australia. $b Australian Army $x History $y World War, 1939-1945. 610 17 $a Australia. $b Australian Army $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00535959 610 17 $a Great Britain. $b Army $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00533555 610 17 $a India. $b Army $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00545035 610 17 $a Japan. $b Rikugun $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00534859 611 27 $a Japanese Occupation of Malaya (1942-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01353447 611 27 $a World War (1939-1945) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01180924 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Campaigns $z Malaya. $z Malaya. 651 0 $a Malaya $x History $y Japanese occupation, 1942-1945. 651 0 $a India $x History, Military $y World War, 1939-1945. 650 7 $a Artillery drill and tactics. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00817499 650 7 $a Military campaigns. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01710190 651 7 $a India. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01210276 651 7 $a Malaya. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01219926 648 7 $a 1939-1945 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 655 7 $a Military history. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411630 776 08 $i Online version: $a Roy, Kaushik, 1971- $t Battle for Malaya. $d Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2019 $z 9780253044228 $w (DLC) 2019028018 830 0 $a Twentieth-century battles 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20200204030928.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=F15AC562471C11EA8C4E586797128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search