Japanese-Trained Armies in Southeast Asia / / Joyce C. Lebra.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
• VerfasserIn: C. Lebra, Joyce,
• MitwirkendeR: Boulder, Emerita,; Lebra, Joyce,
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2010]; ©2010
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (226 p.)

This is the first study by a Western scholar of a significant facet of the history of the Second World War - Japanese-trained independence and volunteer armies as agents of revolution and modernization. At the time, the Japanese did not see that their military imprinting would affect a whole generation of political/military leadership of nations of post-Second World War Southeast Asia. Leaders like Suharto, Ne Win and Park are all products of Japanese military training.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface to Reprint Edition -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Japanese Initiative — Southeast Asian Response -- 2. The Indian National Army -- 3. The Burma Independence Army -- 4. Peta -- 5. Volunteer Armies in Malaya, Sumatra, Indochina, Borneo and the Philippines -- 6. Revolt of the Independence Armies -- 7. The Significance of the Japanese Military Model 167 for Southeast Asia -- Appendices -- Bibliography -- Bibliographical Note -- Glossary -- Index