Stilwell and Mountbatten in Burma explores the relationship between American General Joseph “Vinegar Joe” Stilwell and British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten in the China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) and the South East Asia Command (SEAC) between October 1943 and October 1944, within the wider context of Anglo-American relations during World War II. Using original material from both British and American archives, Jonathan Templin Ritter discusses the military, political, and diplomatic aspects of Anglo-American cooperation, the personalities involved, and where British and American policies both converged and diverged over Southeast Asia.--Amazon.

List of maps and illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue : A night at the movies, New Delhi, October 1943 -- Preface : Two extraordinary men -- Stilwell -- Mountbatten -- Anglo-American relations in Southeast Asia -- The creation of SEAC -- Enter the supremo -- Cairo, Chiang and CBI -- Lord Louis takes charge -- Return to Burma -- Trouble brewing more than tea -- The Japanese strike back : Kohima and Imphal -- The siege of Myitkyina -- The Japanese strike back : Ichigo -- Farewell to CBI -- Mountbatten and the end of SEAC (1945-1946) -- Legacies -- Epilogue: London, October 1946 -- Appendix A : Stilwell and the siege of Myitkyina : a historiographical debate -- Appendix B : The British -- Appendix C : SEAC organizational chart.