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Myanmar Musings


Myanmar Musings is the world's leading podcast with researchers and thinkers on issues relating to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

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Mar 4, 2019

How did the Japanese Empire become so strong as to drive the British Empire from Burma in World War II? Dr Ryan Hartley, Associate Professor at Tokyo’s Tohoku University, explains the sequence of events leading to this momentous change. In doing so he considers that Burma was a "global blindspot" for the complacent British Empire. Ryan's articles on Japan: 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻'𝘀 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗶𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀) 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗮 𝗙𝗼𝗲, 𝟭𝟵𝟬𝟯–𝟭𝟵𝟰𝟯: 𝗔 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗕𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗱𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 https://muse.jhu.edu/article/711254 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/jbs.2018.0002 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻’𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝘀𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝘂𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗺𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀: 𝗔 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁-𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟭 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲 “𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗱𝘀” https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0967828X18813504 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0967828X18813504