The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph, 1942-45 (Yale Library of Military History)

The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph, 1942-45 (Yale Library of Military History)
Frank McLynn (Author)
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This book, in essence a quadruple biography, tells the story of the four larger-than-life Allied commanders whose lives collided in the Burma campaign, one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War II. Ranging from 1942, when the British suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the Empire, through the crucial battles of Imphal and Kohima ("the Stalingrad of the East"), and on to ultimate victory in 1945, this account is vivid, brutal, and enthralling.

Frank McLynn opens a new window on the Burma Campaign, focusing on the interactions and antagonisms of its principal players: William Slim, the brilliant general commanding the British 14th Army; Orde Wingate, the ambitious and idiosyncratic commander of the Chindits, a British force of irregulars; Louis Mountbatten, one of Churchill's favorites, overpromoted to the position of Supreme Commander, S.E. Asia; and Joseph Stilwell ("Vinegar Joe"), a hard-line U.S. general, also a martinet and Anglophobe. McLynn draws careful portraits of each of these men, neglecting neither strengths nor flaws, and shows with new clarity how the plans, designs, and strategies of generals and politicians were translated into a hideous reality for soldiers on the ground.

• Rank: #273972 in Books
• Published on: 2011-10-04
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 1.36" h x 6.50" w x 9.47" l, 2.04 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 552 pages

Description #1 by Overstock.com:

This book, in essence a quadruple biography, tells the story of the four larger-than-life Allied commanders whose lives collided in the Burma campaign, one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War II. Ranging from 1942, when the British suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the Empire, through the crucial battles of Imphal and Kohima ("the Stalingrad of the East"), and on to ultimate victory in 1945, this accountis vivid, brutal, and enthralling. Frank McLynn opens a new window on the Burma Campaign, focusing on the interactions and antagonisms of its principal players: William Slim, the brilliant general commanding the British 14th Army; Orde Wingate, the ambitious and idiosyncratic commander of the Chindits, a British force of irregulars; Louis Mountbatten, one of Churchill's favorites, overpromoted to the position of Supreme Commander, SE Asia; and Joseph Stilwell ("Vinegar Joe"), a hard-line US general, also a martinet and Anglophobe. McLynn draws careful portraits of each of these men, neglecting neither strengths nor flaws, and shows with new clarity how the plans, designs, and strategies of generals and politicians were translated into a hideous reality for soldiers on the ground.

Description #2 by eBay:

format hardback title the burma campaign disaster into triumph 1942 45 author mclynn frank publisher yale univ pr publication date oct 04 2011 pages 532 binding hardcover edition reprint dimensions 6 50 wx 9 75 hx 1 50 d isbn 0300171625 subject history military world war ii description a new perspective on the long and bloody burma campaign focusing on the four allied commanders who battled not only the japanese and their allies but also one another yale university this book in essence a quadr

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