Tim Bean is a Senior Lecturer in War Studies in the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. He specialises in joint and combined operations with an emphasis on Headquarters South East Asia Command, 1943-45, and the Burma campaign in general.

Edward Flint is the Head of the Department of Defence and International Affairs at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. His research interests include defence, security, and strategy, with a particular focus on the evolving role of Civil Affairs and Military Government during military operations.

James E. Kitchen is a Senior Lecturer in War Studies in the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. His research interests include the global dimensions of the First World War and colonial conflict in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Paul Latawski is a Senior Lecturer in War Studies in the Department of War Studies, Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, UK. His research interests include post-1945 British contingency operations, the evolution of urban warfare, British Army doctrine, and the history of the Polish Armed Forces.