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The Road Past Mandalay (Cassell Military Paperbacks) Book

The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world warThis is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma. Written by a bestselling novelist at the height of his powers, it is an exceptionally moving story that culminates in him having to personally shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who cannot be evacuated before their position is overrun by the Japanese. It is an uncomfortable reminder that Churchill's obsession with 'special forces' squandered thousands of Allied lives in operations that owed more to public relations than strategic calculation. This military and moral odyssey is one of the greatest of World War II frontline memoirs.Read More

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  • Blackwell

    The Road Past Mandalay concludes the novelist John Masters' account of his military career. At the outbreak of the Second World War, he was a lieutenant in the 4th Gurkha Rifles. By 1944 he commanded a brigade of Chindits on their exceptionally...

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    The Road Past Mandalay : Paperback : Orion Publishing Co : 9780304361571 : 0304361577 : 01 Jan 2002 : The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war

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    This is the second part of John Masters' autobiography: how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma. Written by a bestselling novelist at the height of his powers, it is an exceptionally moving story that culminates in him having to personally shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who cannot be evacuated before their position is overrun by the Japanese. It is an uncomfortable reminder that Churchill's obsession with 'special forces' squandered thousands of Allied lives in operations that owed more to public relations than strategic calculation. This military and moral odyssey is one of the greatest of World War II frontline memoirs.

  • 0304361577
  • 9780304361571
  • John Masters
  • 11 July 2002
  • Phoenix
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 352
  • New edition
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