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Wartime in Burma

- A Diary, January to June 1942
Af: Theippan Maung Wa Engelsk Paperback

Wartime in Burma

- A Diary, January to June 1942
Af: Theippan Maung Wa Engelsk Paperback
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This diary, begun after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and covering the invasion of Burma up to June 1942, is a moving account of the dilemmas faced by the well-loved and prolific Burmese author Theippan Maung Wa (a pseudonym of U Sein Tin) and his family. At the time of the Japanese invasion, U Sein Tin was deputy secretary in the Ministry of Home and Defense Affairs. An Oxford-trained member of the Indian Civil Service, working for the British administration on the eve of the invasion, he lived with his wife and three small children in Rangoon.
Wartime in Burma is a stirring memoir that presents a personal account of U Sein Tin’s feelings about the war, his anxiety for the safety of his family, the bombing of Rangoon, and what happened to them during the next six chaotic months of the British retreat. The author and his family leave Rangoon to live in a remote forest in Upper Burma with several other Burmese civil servants, their staff, and valuable possessions—rich pickings for robbers. His diary ends abruptly on June 5, his forty-second birthday; U Sein Tin was murdered on June 6 by a gang of Burmese bandits. The diary pages, scattered on the floor of the house, were rescued by his wife and eventually published in Burma in 1966. What survives is a unique account that shines new light on the military retreat from Burma.

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This diary, begun after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and covering the invasion of Burma up to June 1942, is a moving account of the dilemmas faced by the well-loved and prolific Burmese author Theippan Maung Wa (a pseudonym of U Sein Tin) and his family. At the time of the Japanese invasion, U Sein Tin was deputy secretary in the Ministry of Home and Defense Affairs. An Oxford-trained member of the Indian Civil Service, working for the British administration on the eve of the invasion, he lived with his wife and three small children in Rangoon.
Wartime in Burma is a stirring memoir that presents a personal account of U Sein Tin’s feelings about the war, his anxiety for the safety of his family, the bombing of Rangoon, and what happened to them during the next six chaotic months of the British retreat. The author and his family leave Rangoon to live in a remote forest in Upper Burma with several other Burmese civil servants, their staff, and valuable possessions—rich pickings for robbers. His diary ends abruptly on June 5, his forty-second birthday; U Sein Tin was murdered on June 6 by a gang of Burmese bandits. The diary pages, scattered on the floor of the house, were rescued by his wife and eventually published in Burma in 1966. What survives is a unique account that shines new light on the military retreat from Burma.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 240
ISBN-13: 9780896802704
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0896802701
Kategori: Dagbøger, breve og noter
Udg. Dato: 15 aug 2009
Længde: 19mm
Bredde: 216mm
Højde: 140mm
Forlag: Ohio University Press
Oplagsdato: 15 aug 2009
Forfatter(e): Theippan Maung Wa
Forfatter(e) Theippan Maung Wa

Kategori Dagbøger, breve og noter

ISBN-13 9780896802704

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 240

Udgave

Længde 19mm

Bredde 216mm

Højde 140mm

Udg. Dato 15 aug 2009

Oplagsdato 15 aug 2009

Forlag Ohio University Press