01602cam a2200301 i 4500 on1139271029 OCoLC ta 210113r20202019enkab b 001 0 eng d 1350178101 (pbk.) 9781350178106 (pbk.) (OCoLC)1139271029 D810.T8 C43 2020 Charney, Michael W. Imperial military transportation in British Asia : Burma 1941-1942 / Michael W. Charney. London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2020. xiv, 234 p. : ill., maps. Reprint. Originally published: 2019. Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index. Introduction -- 1. Metropolitan transportation technique from Britain to India and Iraq -- 2. Local, colonial railway experience -- 3. The failure of civilian management of a colonial railway in wartime -- 4. Militarization and the Rangoon to Prome branch -- 5. Kings of the road: decentralization and local initiative on the railway -- 6. The technical limits of the railway: the Mandalay to Lashio branch -- 7. Dark territory: the Myitkyina branch, late April to early May 1942 -- 8. After Burma: the militarization of railways in India. World War, 1939-1945 Transportation. Railroads India History 20th century. Railroads Burma History 20th century. Railroads Iraq History 20th century. Military engineering History 20th century. Transportation, Military History 20th century. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 D810.T8 C43 2020 PNLIB21060012 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 198 198