The Great Flap of 1942: How the Raj Panicked Over a Japanese Non-Invasion

by Mukund Padmanabhan

The Great Flap of 1942 is a narrative history of a neglected and scarcely known period―between December 1941 and mid-1942―when all of India was caught in a state of panic. This was largely a result of the British administration's mistaken belief that Japan was on the verge of launching a full-fledged invasion. It was a time when the Raj became unduly alarmed, when the tongue of rumour wagged wildly about Japanese prowess and British weakness...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670098477
• ISBN13: 9780670098477
• Release Date: April 2024
• Publisher: Vintage Books
• Length: 272 Pages