War, conflict and security in Japan and Asia-Pacific, 1941-52 : : the writings of Louis Allen / / edited by Ian Nish and Mark Allen.

• Superior document: The writings of ; v. 4
• Author: Allen, Louis, 1922-1991.
• TeilnehmendeR: Nish, Ian Hill.; Allen, Mark.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Writings of ; v. 4.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (417 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

It was Louis Allen’s work on Japan which dominated his prodigious output as a scholar, researcher and writer and which received greatest attention internationally. This collection of his writings focuses entirely on his principal fields of research, viz, Japan and the Pacific War, the post-war conflicts in Burma, Malaya and Indochina, and the immediate post-war years in the context of Japan, security and reconciliation. Importantly, in addition to the 24 essays brought together here from both known and unknown sources, we are pleased to publish for the first time Louis Allen’s own undated autobiographical paper entitled ‘Innocents Abroad: Investigating War Crimes in South-East Asia’, providing a unique, first-hand account of his war-time life and activities. This volume also includes a complete bibliography of Louis Allen’s writings covering all disciplines.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 1 The Surrender of Singapore: Official Japanese Version / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 2 Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-5, I: Ba Maw and the Independence of Burma / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 3 Japanese Military Rule in Burma (Review: Biruma ni okeru Nihon gunseishi no kenkyu) / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 4 Studies in the Japanese Occupation of South-East Asia, 1942-5, II: French Indo-China to Vietnam / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 5 The Japanese Coup of 9 March 1945 in Indo-China / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 6 Buryoku Shori: Japan's Takeover of Indo-China / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 7 To be a Prisoner: The River Kwai and Beyond / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 8 The Strategy of Failure / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 9 Japan Surrenders: Reason and Unreason in August 1945 / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 10 The Second World War in Asia: An Overview / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 11 Britain and China 1942-1945: Not so Offiy-toofly / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 12 Notes on Japanese Historiography / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 13 Japanese Intelligence Systems / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 14 Wartime Japanese Planning: A Note on Akira Iriye / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 15 Mutaguchi and the Invasion of India (Irophal, 1944) / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 16 Fujiwara and Suzuki: The Lawrence of Arabia Syndrome / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 17 Subhas Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army: Renegades or Liberators? / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 18 The Nakano School / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 19 Burma: The Longest War, 1941-45 / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 20 Burma and Malaya: A Great Upheaval / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 21 Indo-China: Rise of the Viet Minh / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 22 Not so Piacular - A Footnote to Ienaga on Malaya / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 23 The Escape of Captain Vivian: A Footnote to Burmese Independence / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- 24 Transfer of Power in Burma / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- I Louis Allen: A Historian Who Wanted to See Anglo-Japanese Hostilities from Both Sides / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- My Father: Louis Allen / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- The French and Japanese Connections. Activities Inside and Outside the University of Durham / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- Bibliography - The Writings of Louis Allen (1922-1991) / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- Index / Ian Nish and Mark Allen -- Photograph and list of participants at the Conference on Modem Japan, Oxford, April 1973 / Ian Nish and Mark Allen.