Wartime in Burma - A Diary, January to June 1942

Klappentext At the time of the Japanese invasion, the author was deputy secretary in the Ministry of Defense. This memoir presents a personal account of the author's feelings about the war, his anxiety for the safety of his family, the bombing of Rangoon, and what happened to them during the next six chaotic months of the British retreat. Zusammenfassung This diary, begun after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and covering the invasion of Burma up to June 1942, is a moving account of the dilemmas faced by the well-loved and prolific Burmese author Theippan Maung Wa (a pseudonym of U Sein Tin) and his family.

Product details

• Authors: Muang Wa Theippan, Muang Wa/ Bagshawe Theippan, Theippan Maung Wa
• Assisted by: Anna Allott (Editor), Anna J. Allott (Editor), L. E. Bagshawe (Editor), Anna Allott (Translation), L. E. Bagshawe (Translation)
• Publisher: University of ohio press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.06.2009
• EAN: 9780896802704
• ISBN: 978-0-89680-270-4
• No. of pages: 240
• Series: Ohio RIS Southeast Asia Series; Ohio University Research in In; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series; Research in International Studies, Southeast Asia Series; Ohio University Research in In
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies