Full Description
This study traces the origins of the Indian National Army in the imagination of Iwaichi Fujiwara, a young Japanese intelligence officer, and the relationship between the Imperial Japanese Army and the Indian National Army as it evolved under the leadership of Bengali revolutionary, Subhas Chandra Bose. The study is unique in its use of Japanese archival sources for analysis of the relationship between Japanese policy formulation and the Indian independence movement in its military phase.
Contents
The Indian National Army and Japan; Preliminary pages; 1. Mission to Bangkok; 2. Malayan Jungle Meeting; 3. Singapore Capitulates and the INA Blossoms; 4. Tokyo Conference; 5. Japanese Policy toward India; 6. The Crisis of the First INA; 7. Subhas Chandra Bose, Hitler, and Tojo; 8. Bose, the FIPG, and the Hikari Kikan; 9. To India or Not?; 10. The Rising Sun Unfurls; the Tiger Springs; 11. A Plane Crash; 12. A Trial in the Red Fort; 13. Retrospect; Notes; Bibliographical Note; Bibliography; Index; About the Author.
