War, Conflict and Security in Japan and Asia Pacific, 1941-1952

The Writings of Louis Allen
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-1-906876-21-0
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV

Buch, Englisch, 448 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 584 g

Reihe: Brill

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.

Zielgruppe

Professional and scholarly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Allen, Louis

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Militärgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Asiatische Geschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Louis Allen (1922–1991) was Reader in the School of Modern Languages at the University of Durham (1961–91). He served during the war as a Japanese-speaking Intelligence officer in India and Burma, and after the war in Malaya, Thailand and French Indo-China (Vietnam). His books include Sittang (1973), Singapore 1941–42 and Burma: The Lonest War (1984).