The China-Burma-India Campaign, 1931-1945: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography

Eugene L. Rasor

Mar 1998 · Greenwood Publishing Group

About this ebook

The China-Burma-India campaign of the Asian/Pacific war of World War II was the most complex, if not the most controversial, theater of the entire war. Guerrilla warfare, commando and special intelligence operations, and air tactics originated here. The literature is extensive and this book provides an evaluative survey of that vast literature. A comprehensive compilation of some 1,500 titles, the work includes a narrative historiographical overview and an annotated bibliography of the titles covered in the historiographical section.

Following an introductory historical essay and a chronology, the historiographical narrative covers land, water, underwater, air, and combined operations, intelligence matters, diplomacy, and logistics and supply. It also examines the memoirs, diaries, autobiographies, and biographies of the personnel involved. Such cultural topics as journalism, fiction, film, and art are analyzed, and existing gaps in the literature are looked at. The bibliography provides both descriptive and evaluative annotations.

About the author

EUGENE L. RASOR, now retired, was Professor of History at Emory and Henry College in Virginia. His publications have focused on historiographical and bibliographical surveys on British naval history and the Pacific war. His most recent books include The Solomon Islands Campaign, Guadalcanal to Rabaul: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1997), and The Southwest Pacific Campaign, 1941-1945: Historiography and Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood, 1996).