The China-Burma-India Campaign 1931-1945

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 1500 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.