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Abstract Overview ThisisareprintofJungleAlliance:JapanandtheIndianNationalArmy, whichwasoriginallypublishedin1971byDonaldMooreforAsia/Pacific Press.Ithaslongsincebeenoutofprintandisunavailable.Itcoversthe beginningsoftheIndianNationalArmy,aspartofaJapanesemilitary intelligenceoperationunderMajorIwaichiFujiwara,andmovesforward tothearrivalofSubhasChandraBoseandtheenlargedINAandFree IndiaProvisionalGovernmentunderhisdirectionfrom1943untilthe collapseofJapanandtheINAinAugust1945. SpecificAspects ChaptersrelatingtotheoriginsoftheINAintheinteractionbetween FujiwaraandayoungSikhMajor,MohanSingh,arecoveredhereas criticaltothebirthoftheINA.Thebookalsodealswiththeearlier careerofSubhasChandraBose,includinghisstayinBerlinandthe IndianLegionthere. HowThisBookDiffersFromOthers Thisisstilltheonlyvolumedealingwiththeinteractionbetweenthe Japanese Army and the Indian National Army that also deals with Japanese sources. No other book in English has replaced this book, whichiswhyareprinteditionisrequiredatthistime. 00IndNatPrelims.indd7 4/21/084:34:51PM ...