The Road Past Mandalay

Author: John Masters Series: W&N Military

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The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war

First hand account of British special forces operations behind Japanese lines during the Second World War.

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The second part of the bestselling novelist's autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war

First hand account of British special forces operations behind Japanese lines during the Second World War.

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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.

About the Author

John Masters was commissioned into the Gurkha Rifles on the eve of the Second World War and rose to command one of the Chindit columns fighting behind the lines against the Japanese in Burma. He left the Army after the war to pursue a very profitable career as a novelist.

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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.

Product Details

Publisher

Orion Publishing Co | Cassell Military

Published

7th June 2012

Pages

352

ISBN

9780304361571

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17 Nov, 2021

This is a superb memoir of the grim fighting in Burma, in particular of the second Chindit campaign and a penetrating insight into the life of a professional soldier of the old British Indian Army.
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