Kate Imy is a historian and screenwriter, and the author of the award-winning Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army (Stanford, 2019).

"This brilliant book provides a humane, nuanced, and profoundly moving history of the British empire's wars in Asia from 1915–1960. By centering the voices of participants, Kate Imy deftly explores how race and gender shaped both civilian and combatant experiences, offering thought-provoking perspectives on the world wars, the British empire, and the resilience of populations responding to sustained violence."—Susan R. Grayzel, Utah State University "Losing Hearts and Minds is an innovative blend of social and military history that examines how race, gender, and ethnic identities shaped the British army in a colonial setting. This deeply researched, beautifully written book brings to life the tensions within a multi-cultural military, when lines blurred between soldiers and civilians, and nationalist loyalties clashed with imperial subjecthood."—Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania "Kate Imy's Losing Hearts and Minds is both an intricately researched and accessible book, which simultaneously foregrounds individual experiences in the rapidly changing milieu of late-colonial Malaya and Singapore."—Zhen Hao Liew, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Race War in Singapore2. Making Enemies between the Wars3. The Pride and the Fall4. Labored Intimacies5. Making and Unmaking "Martial Races"6. Forging the Commonwealth7. Pregnant in the JungleConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Kate Imy is a historian and screenwriter, and the author of the award-winning Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army (Stanford, 2019).

"This brilliant book provides a humane, nuanced, and profoundly moving history of the British empire's wars in Asia from 1915–1960. By centering the voices of participants, Kate Imy deftly explores how race and gender shaped both civilian and combatant experiences, offering thought-provoking perspectives on the world wars, the British empire, and the resilience of populations responding to sustained violence."—Susan R. Grayzel, Utah State University "Losing Hearts and Minds is an innovative blend of social and military history that examines how race, gender, and ethnic identities shaped the British army in a colonial setting. This deeply researched, beautifully written book brings to life the tensions within a multi-cultural military, when lines blurred between soldiers and civilians, and nationalist loyalties clashed with imperial subjecthood."—Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania "Kate Imy's Losing Hearts and Minds is both an intricately researched and accessible book, which simultaneously foregrounds individual experiences in the rapidly changing milieu of late-colonial Malaya and Singapore."—Zhen Hao Liew, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Race War in Singapore2. Making Enemies between the Wars3. The Pride and the Fall4. Labored Intimacies5. Making and Unmaking "Martial Races"6. Forging the Commonwealth7. Pregnant in the JungleConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex

Kate Imy is a historian and screenwriter, and the author of the award-winning Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army (Stanford, 2019).

"This brilliant book provides a humane, nuanced, and profoundly moving history of the British empire's wars in Asia from 1915–1960. By centering the voices of participants, Kate Imy deftly explores how race and gender shaped both civilian and combatant experiences, offering thought-provoking perspectives on the world wars, the British empire, and the resilience of populations responding to sustained violence."—Susan R. Grayzel, Utah State University "Losing Hearts and Minds is an innovative blend of social and military history that examines how race, gender, and ethnic identities shaped the British army in a colonial setting. This deeply researched, beautifully written book brings to life the tensions within a multi-cultural military, when lines blurred between soldiers and civilians, and nationalist loyalties clashed with imperial subjecthood."—Lynn Hollen Lees, University of Pennsylvania "Kate Imy's Losing Hearts and Minds is both an intricately researched and accessible book, which simultaneously foregrounds individual experiences in the rapidly changing milieu of late-colonial Malaya and Singapore."—Zhen Hao Liew, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsIntroduction1. Race War in Singapore2. Making Enemies between the Wars3. The Pride and the Fall4. Labored Intimacies5. Making and Unmaking "Martial Races"6. Forging the Commonwealth7. Pregnant in the JungleConclusionNotesSelect BibliographyIndex