British and Japanese Military Leadership in the Far Eastern War, 1941-45

by Brian Bond (Editor), Kyoichi Tachikawa (Editor)

Overview

Some sixty years after the Far Eastern War ended, this innovative new collection brings together five distinguished UK-based scholars and five from Japan to reappraise their respective country's leadership in the Malaya and Burma campaigns. This leadership is analyzed on various levels, ranging from the grand strategic to operational.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781135766238
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/2004
Series:	Military History and Policy
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	409 KB

About the Author

Brian Bond and Kyoichi Tachikawa

Table of Contents

Notes on contributors, Series Editor’s preface, Foreword by Major-General Yoshinaga Hayashi, Note on Japanese names, Introduction, 1. Britain’s grand strategy and Anglo-American leadership in the war against Japan, 2. Tojo Hideki as a war leader, 3. The army level of command: General Sir William Slim and Fourteenth Army in Burma, 4. Leadership in Japan’s planning for war against Britain, 5. Crisis of command: Major-General Gordon Bennett and British military effectiveness in the Malayan Campaign, 1941–42, 6. General Yamashita and his style of leadership: the Malaya/Singapore campaign, 7. British tactical command and leadership in the Burma campaign, 1941–45, 8. Japanese war leadership in the Burma theatre: the Imphal operation, 9. British leadership in air operations: Malaya and Burma, 10. Air operational leadership in the Southern Front: Imperial Army Aviation’s trial to be an ‘air force’ in the Malaya offensive air operation, Notes, Index

Editorial Reviews

"This excellent work...throws new light on one of the most neglected campaigns of the Second World War, and is an important work for anyone interested in war in Asia or in strategy and leadership." - Albert Nofi, The NYMAS Review

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