Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Prelude to Invasion
2. The Imperial Armies
3. Retreat from the Beaches
4. Defeat along the Slim and Muar Rivers
5. Disaster at Johore
6. Endgame at Singapore
7. Assessment
8. Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

About the Author

Kaushik Roy is Associate Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. He has written or edited 19 books, including most recently War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia, and The Army in British India.