Making enemies : war and state building in Burma / Mary P. Callahan.
Making enemies : war and state building in Burma / Mary P. Callahan.
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
Date
2003.
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N322.50959/ 4
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Coercion and the Colonial State, 1826-1941 -- 2. The Japanese Occupation, 1941-43 -- 3. Resistance and the United Front, 1943-45 -- 4. Making Peace and Making Armies, 1945-48 -- 5. Insurgency and State Disintegration, 1948-50 -- 6. Warfare and Army Building, 1950-53 -- 7. Warriors as State Builde...
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Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2003.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2003.
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"The military transformed itself during the late 1940s and the 1950s from a group of anticolonial guerrilla bands into the professional force that seized power in 1962. The army edged out all other state and social institutions in the competition for national power. Making Enemies draws on Callahan's interviews with former military officers and her...
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Making enemies : war and state building in Burma / Mary P. Callahan.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N322.50959/ 4
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74VK2X47pqvO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK2X47pqvO
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ISBN
0801441250 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780801441257 (cloth : alk. paper)
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322.5095910904
322.509591
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991018053049702626
