Charney, Michael W. <br/><br/>
Imperial military transportation in British Asia :  Burma 1941-1942 / 
Michael W. Charney. 
 - London :  Bloomsbury Academic,  2020. 
 - xiv, 234 p. :  ill., maps. 
<br/><br/> Reprint. Originally published: 2019. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. [213]-225) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- 1. Metropolitan transportation technique from Britain to India and Iraq -- 2. Local, colonial railway experience -- 3. The failure of civilian management of a colonial railway in wartime -- 4. Militarization and the Rangoon to Prome branch -- 5. Kings of the road: decentralization and local initiative on the railway -- 6. The technical limits of the railway: the Mandalay to Lashio branch -- 7. Dark territory: the Myitkyina branch, late April to early May 1942 -- 8. After Burma: the militarization of railways in India. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1350178101 (pbk.) 9781350178106 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1939-1945--Transportation.<br/>Railroads--History--India--20th century.<br/>Railroads--History--Burma--20th century.<br/>Railroads--History--Iraq--20th century.<br/>Military engineering--History--20th century.<br/>Transportation, Military--History--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D810.T8  / C43 2020