Karen menfolk were recruited into all the military and quasi-military units of British Burma, serving in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of 1885, the Great War and the Second World War, as well as helping to quell rebellions such as the 1930-32 Saya San uprising. Using transcripts from interviews carried out in Burma in the late 1990s and early 2000s, as well as original archival documents, this book finally gives a voice to a people who loyally served the empire until independence was given to Burma in 1948. (Military History/Karen People)