Unconventional Warfare - Small Wars and Insurgencies in the India-Myanmar Borderland (19141945)

The book probes the lesser-known history of the Great Wars in the India-Myanmar borderland from the perspective of the indigenous people of the area.

List of contents

Introduction 1. Understanding Warfare in Hill Society 2. ‘Petty Warfare’ on a Colonial Frontier 3. War Within a War: Labour Corps and Local Response 4. Divided Loyalties? Propaganda and Indigenous Response 5. Behind the Enemy Line: Local Levies and Guerrilla Warfare 6. Caught Between Empires: The Politics of Zo Participation 7. Transborder Road: Logistics and Local Participation on the Tedim Road

About the author

Pum Khan Pau, Professor, Department of History & Archaeology, Nagaland University, Kohima. He was Raman Post-Doctoral Fellow at Arizona State University, USA (2014-15). His research interests include frontier and borderlands studies, history of North-East India under colonial rule, the two World Wars in the Indo-Burma borderland etc. Pau has published in the Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Journal of Borderlands Studies, Small Wars and Insurgencies, Asian Ethnicity, Journal of Burma Studies, Indian Historical Review, Mission Studies, Strategic Analysis etc. He is the author of Indo-Burma frontier and the making of the Chin Hills: Empire and Resistance (London, 2020).

Summary

The book probes the lesser-known history of the Great Wars in the India-Myanmar borderland from the perspective of the indigenous people of the area.

Product details

• Authors: Pum Khan Pau, Pum Khan (Department of History Pau
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.02.2025
• EAN: 9781032817798
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3281779-8
• No. of pages: 188
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology; Myanmar, Asia, HISTORY / General, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Indigenous Studies, Colonialism & imperialism, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Politics and government, Colonialism and imperialism, Regional / International studies, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War I, North East India, Military studies