Michael W. Charney is Professor and Chair of Asian and Military History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Burma (2009), Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's Last Dynasty, 1752-1885 (2006) and Southeast Asian Warfare 1300-1900 (2004).

This well-written and thorough book is best suited for upper-division and graduate-level courses … Charney’s book succeeds in arguing for a new consideration for the dynamic role the BR played during the FBC and is an impressive examination of the complicated picture of the fall of Burma.

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Metropolitan Transportation Technique from Britain to India and Iraq2. Local, Colonial Railway Experience3. A Colonial Railway in Wartime4. Militarisation5. Kings of the Road6. The Technical Limits of Military Supply7. Dark Territory and the Collapse of the Burma Defense8. After the Campaign: India Learns from BurmaNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael W. Charney is Professor and Chair of Asian and Military History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Burma (2009), Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's Last Dynasty, 1752-1885 (2006) and Southeast Asian Warfare 1300-1900 (2004).

This well-written and thorough book is best suited for upper-division and graduate-level courses … Charney’s book succeeds in arguing for a new consideration for the dynamic role the BR played during the FBC and is an impressive examination of the complicated picture of the fall of Burma.

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Metropolitan Transportation Technique from Britain to India and Iraq2. Local, Colonial Railway Experience3. A Colonial Railway in Wartime4. Militarisation5. Kings of the Road6. The Technical Limits of Military Supply7. Dark Territory and the Collapse of the Burma Defense8. After the Campaign: India Learns from BurmaNotesBibliographyIndex

Michael W. Charney is Professor and Chair of Asian and Military History at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, UK. He is the author of A History of Modern Burma (2009), Powerful Learning: Buddhist Literati and the Throne in Burma's Last Dynasty, 1752-1885 (2006) and Southeast Asian Warfare 1300-1900 (2004).

This well-written and thorough book is best suited for upper-division and graduate-level courses … Charney’s book succeeds in arguing for a new consideration for the dynamic role the BR played during the FBC and is an impressive examination of the complicated picture of the fall of Burma.

• List of AbbreviationsIntroduction1. Metropolitan Transportation Technique from Britain to India and Iraq2. Local, Colonial Railway Experience3. A Colonial Railway in Wartime4. Militarisation5. Kings of the Road6. The Technical Limits of Military Supply7. Dark Territory and the Collapse of the Burma Defense8. After the Campaign: India Learns from BurmaNotesBibliographyIndex