Japanese imperialism and the Indian Nationalist Movement: A study of the political and psychological impact of possible invasion and actual occupation, 1939-1945
This dissertation is a study of the political and psychological impact of Japanese Imperialism on the Indian Nationalist Movement between 1939 and 1945. It assesses the Indian response to both the possibility of an invasion by Japan and to the stark reality of an actual occupation by her. While nationalists in mainland India debated about measures to be adopted in the event of a probable Japanese invasion, the inhabitants of the Andaman Islands lived under the rule of these same Japanese for two and a half years. The speculation and political juggling of the leading nationalists is contrasted with the actuality of the years of occupation tolerated by the Islanders.
University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
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