Defeat into Victory Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945

Name: Defeat into Victory Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945
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ISBN: 9780815410225

ISBN-10: 0815410220

ISBN-13: 9780815410225

Edition: N/A

Authors: William Slim, David Hogan

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These memoirs rank with those of Ulysses S. Grant as one of the few honest testaments [of war].--The Readers Companion to Military History

Book details

List price: $22.95
Publisher: Cooper Square Publishing, LLC
Publication date: 2/9/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 616
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 1.540
Language: English

William Joseph Slim, first Viscount, was born in 1891. He took a commission in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment and served in the Middle East, India and Burma, reaching Field-Marshal in 1948. His other books include Unofficial History (1959). He died in 1972.




Defeat



Into Burma



First Impressions



A Chapter of Misfortunes



Disaster



Evacuation



Aftermath



Forging the Weapon



The Three V's



The First Arakan Campaign



The Foundations



The Weapon is Tested



The Best-Laid Plans



Pattern for Victory



The Northern Front



The Tide Turns



How it was Planned



How it Happened



Attrition



Pursuit



The Decisive Battle



Approach to the Irrawaddy



Crossing the Irrawaddy



The Vital Thrust



The Battle of the Irrawaddy Shore



Victory



The Race to Rangoon



The Last Battle



Afterthoughts


Index