Forgotten armies : the fall of British Asia, 1941-1945

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Category: Books
Related period: Second World War (content), Second World War (content), Interwar (content), 1945-1989 (content)
Creator: BAYLY, CHRISTOPHER (Author)
HARPER, TIM (Author)
Allen Lane (Publisher)
Production date: 2004
Place made: London
Dimensions: whole: Dimensions: 25cm., Pagination: xxxiii, 555p., 8p. of plates: ill., facsims., maps, ports.
Catalogue number: LBY 13 / 908

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