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    Road Past Mandalay

Road Past Mandalay

John Masters

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      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. This is a moving story that culminates in him having personally to shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who could not be evacuated before their position was 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.
      CONTRIBUTORS: John Masters EAN: 9780304361571 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 243 g HEIGHT: 201 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Orion Publishing Co DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-06-07 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces WIDTH: 170 cm SPINE:

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      Myanmar, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), True war and combat stories, Battles and campaigns

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      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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      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. This is a moving story that culminates in him having personally to shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who could not be evacuated before their position was 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.
      CONTRIBUTORS: John Masters EAN: 9780304361571 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 243 g HEIGHT: 201 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Orion Publishing Co DATE PUBLISHED: 2012-06-07 CITY: GENRE: BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Military, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs, HISTORY / Military / World War II, HISTORY / Military / Special Forces WIDTH: 170 cm SPINE:

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      Myanmar, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), True war and combat stories, Battles and campaigns

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      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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