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Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma: Allies at War, 1943-1944 (American Military Studies)
Jonathan Templin Ritter
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Description for Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma: Allies at War, 1943-1944 (American Military Studies)
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between American General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) and the South East Asia Command (SEAC) between October 1943 and October 1944, within the wider context of Anglo-American relations during World War II. Series: American Military Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 black & white illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: HBW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma explores the relationship between American General Joseph Vinegar Joe Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) and the South East Asia Command (SEAC) between October 1943 and October 1944, within the wider context of Anglo-American relations during World War II. Using original material from both British and American archives, Jonathan Templin Ritter discusses the military, political, and diplomatic aspects of Anglo-American cooperation, the personalities involved, and where British and American policies both converged and diverged over Southeast Asia. Although much has been written about CBI, Stilwell ... Read more
Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma explores the relationship between American General Joseph Vinegar Joe Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) and the South East Asia Command (SEAC) between October 1943 and October 1944, within the wider context of Anglo-American relations during World War II. Using original material from both British and American archives, Jonathan Templin Ritter discusses the military, political, and diplomatic aspects of Anglo-American cooperation, the personalities involved, and where British and American policies both converged and diverged over Southeast Asia. Although much has been written about CBI, Stilwell ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of North Texas Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
American Military Studies
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Denton, United States
ISBN
9781574416749
SKU
V9781574416749
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About Jonathan Templin Ritter
Jonathan Templin Ritter has worked as an archivist with the Archdiocese of San Francisco and is currently the archivist for Archbishop Riordan High School. He earned a master's degree in history from San Francisco State University and a master's degree in library & information science from San Jose State University. He lives in San Francisco.
Reviews for Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma: Allies at War, 1943-1944 (American Military Studies)
Ritter displays a good sense of the strategic background to Anglo-American relations in World War Two and the China-Burma-India theatre. There were genuine and awkward differences between American and British policy regarding China and colonialism in Asia. He has applied a confident intellectual grasp to a complex layering of events and personality, and constructs a fascinating and highly relevant argument ... Read more