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The Stricken Peacock. Anglo-Burmese Relations 1752-1948.
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Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 237.
I t was the unanimous verdict of British and American historians that the Kings of Burma were arrogant barbarians, absolutely without any knowledge of diplomacy and diplomatie practice, whose foolish actions forced the British to annex the countr)'. Although the una nimity was broken in 1962 by Miss Dorothy Woodman in her brilliant work The Making 01 Burma, it still remains the majority verdict, and has even been re-affirmed. Mr. E. C. V. Foucar, who expressed his verdict in 1944 in They Reigned in Mandalay, confirmed it in 1963 in Mandalay the Golden. Professor John F. Cady, who fuHy agreed ... Read more
I t was the unanimous verdict of British and American historians that the Kings of Burma were arrogant barbarians, absolutely without any knowledge of diplomacy and diplomatie practice, whose foolish actions forced the British to annex the countr)'. Although the una nimity was broken in 1962 by Miss Dorothy Woodman in her brilliant work The Making 01 Burma, it still remains the majority verdict, and has even been re-affirmed. Mr. E. C. V. Foucar, who expressed his verdict in 1944 in They Reigned in Mandalay, confirmed it in 1963 in Mandalay the Golden. Professor John F. Cady, who fuHy agreed ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
Number of Pages
135
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9789401504201
SKU
V9789401504201
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