{"product_id":"forgotten-wars-freedom-and-revolution-in-southeast-asia-9780674057074","title":"Forgotten Wars: Freedom and Revolution in Southeast Asia","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn September 1945, after the fall of the atomic bomb--and with it, the Japanese empire--Asia was dominated by the British. Governing a vast crescent of land that stretched from India through Burma and down to Singapore, and with troops occupying the French and Dutch colonies in southern Vietnam and Indonesia, Britain's imperial might had never seemed stronger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYet within a few violent years, British power in the region would crumble, and myriad independent nations would struggle into existence. Christopher Bayly and Tim Harper show how World War II never really ended in these ravaged Asian lands but instead continued in bloody civil wars, anti-colonial insurrections, and inter-communal massacres. These years became the most formative in modern Asian history, as Western imperialism vied with nascent nationalist and communist revolutionaries for political control.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eForgotten Wars\u003c\/i\u003e, a sequel to the authors' acclaimed \u003ci\u003eForgotten Armies\u003c\/i\u003e, is a panoramic account of the bitter wars of the end of empire, seen not only through the eyes of the fighters, but also through the personal stories of ordinary people: the poor and bewildered caught up in India's Hindu-Muslim massacres; the peasant farmers ravaged by warfare between British forces and revolutionaries in Malaya; the Burmese minorities devastated by separatist revolt. Throughout, we are given a stunning portrait of societies poised between the hope of independence and the fear of strife. \u003ci\u003eForgotten Wars\u003c\/i\u003e vividly brings to life the inescapable conflicts and manifold dramas that shaped today's Asia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christopher Bayly, Tim Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Belknap Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/30\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 704\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.16h x 6.12w x 1.77d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780674057074\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBayly, Christopher:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Christopher Bayly was Vere Harmsworth Professor, Emeritus, at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of St Catharine's College.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper, Tim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tim Harper is Professor of the History of Southeast Asia and Director of the Centre for History and Economics at the University of Cambridge. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe End of Empire and the Making of Malaya\u003c\/i\u003e and, with Christopher Bayly, \u003ci\u003eForgotten Armies\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eForgotten Wars\u003c\/i\u003e (both from Harvard).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belknap Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40747475271795,"sku":"9.78067E+12","price":41.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e05a7d94-1429-4ba6-8622-b32d10bb3c68.jpg?v=1678200981","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/forgotten-wars-freedom-and-revolution-in-southeast-asia-9780674057074","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}