Ethnic armies and ethnic conflict in burma reconsidering the history of colonial militarization in the kachin region of Burma during the second world war

South East Asia Research

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 601-626

  Sadan, Mandy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burma; Kachin; Second World War; Soldiers

Indexed keywords

ARMED FORCES; COLONIALISM; ETHNIC CONFLICT; TWENTIETH CENTURY; WAR;

KACHIN; MYANMAR;

EID: 84893612986     PISSN: 0967828X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5367/sear.2013.0173     Document Type: Article

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