Last post : the end of empire in the Far East / John Leay
Imprint
London : John Murray, 2000, c1997
Edition
Paperback ed
Descript
xi, 385 p. : ill. ; 20 cm
CONTENT
Last post -- Flying the flag: 1930: Lords of the East ; Malay world ; China coast ; Indo-chinoiserie ; Fixing the Philippines -- At half mast: 1930-1945: Intervention and recession ; Shanghai express ; Countdown ; Heavy cloud -- Lowering the flag: 1945-1976: Definition ; Mass Merdeka ; Mission impossible ; On a silver platter ; Twenty years to pay