British took control of Assam and the Northeast through the Yandabo Treaty of 1826, shaping the region’s colonial history.
THE SIEGE (211 pp.)−Arthur Campbell−Macmillan ($3). In British army lingo of the Far East, “I-Wallah” means intelligence officer. He keeps the books of combat and, as far as possible, tries to make ...
Either the radio had packed up or they were on the wrong wavelength, leaving the men cut off from base in the sweltering heat of Upper Burma. It was March 13, 1944, and they were just two days into a ...
The harrowing story of one of the greatest chapters of World War II---the building and defense of the Burma Road The Burma Road tells the extraordinary story of the China-Burma-India theater of ...