2002, 2014

Book Review: China’s War with Japan, 1937-1945: The Struggle for Survival / Mitter

By Mary Fisk|February 20, 2014|China and Inner Asia, History|0 comments

Rana Mitter’s most recent book China’s war with Japan, 1937 – 1945 : the struggle for survival (Allen Lane, 2013) is featured in the Institute of Historical Research’s latest Reviews in History The reviewer is Dr Aaron Moore from the University of Manchester, who writes “This book …  is therefore one of the best contributions to our current understanding of the war, particularly at the level of elite political actors such

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2703, 2013

Myanmar Peace Monitor

By Jotika Khur-Yearn|March 27, 2013|South East Asia|0 comments

Following the 2010 elections, Myanmar/Burma has seen rapid political and economic reforms with the installation of a democratic government. Major parts of these reforms include the new Ceasefire Agreements singed between the government and the armed ethnic groups. The setback, however, is that, despite the ceasefire agreements, fighting between the government’s Burma Army and the armed ethnic groups is still going on particularly in Kachin State and Shan State. Nevertheless,

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