The Jungle War Mavericks, Marauders and Madmen in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II

by Astor, Gerald

• ISBN13: 9780471273936
• ISBN10: 0471273937
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-07-16
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Praise FOR Gerald Astor "No one does oral history better than Gerald Astor. . . . Great reading." -Stephen Ambrose on The Mighty Eighth "Gerald Astor has proven himself a master. Here, World War II is brought to life through the hammer blows of their airborne triumphs and fears." -J. Robert Moskin, author of Mr. Truman's War, on The Mighty Eighth "Astor captures the fire and passion of those tens of thousands of U.S. airmen who flew through the inferno that was the bomber war over Europe." -Stephen Coonts on The Mighty Eighth "Oral history at its finest." -The Washington Post on Operation Iceberg "Quick and well-paced, this will please even the most jaded of readers." -Army magazine on Battling Buzzards "A stout volume by a distinguished historian of the modern military makes a major contribution on its subject." -Booklist on The Right to Fight (starred Editor's Choice) "Today, as we lose the veterans of World War II at an alarming rate, we must not lose sight of their sacrifices or of the leaders who took them into battle. Astor, an acclaimed military historian, provides an in-depth look at one of the war's most successful division combat commanders, Maj. Gen. Terry Allen. . . . This well-written portrait makes for enjoyable reading." -Library Journal on Terrible Terry Allen

Author Biography

Gerald Astor, a former magazine editor and writer, has published twenty previous books, including A Blood-Dimmed Tide: The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It; June 6, 1944: The Voices of D-Day; and The Mighty Eighth: The Air War in Europe as Told by the Men Who Fought It.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vii
Introduction	1	(155)
1 The Venues and Opening Shots	5	(16)
2 The Japanese Enlarge Their War	21	(14)
3 First Strikes	35	(15)
4 War Comes to Burma	50	(17)
5 Further Additions to the Cast	67	(13)
6 "We Got a Hell of a Beating"	80	(18)
7 CBI Doldrums	98	(21)
8 Enter the Chindits	119	(20)
9 Detachment 101, the Burma Road, and the Hump	139	(17)
10 Offensive Preparations	156	(13)
11 Long-Range Penetrations and Arakan Revisited	169	(22)
12 Marauders and Thursday	191	(20)
13 Chindits and Imphal	211	(20)
14 The Northern Burma Campaign	231	(16)
15 Imphal and Kohima Besieged, Chindits Beset, Marauders Perturbed	247	(16)
16 Myitkyina Morass	263	(21)
17 Finales for Marauders and Chindits	284	(11)
18 Matterhorn	295	(18)
19 The Prisoners of War	313	(12)
20 The Tide Turns	325	(13)
21 Death Throes of an Army	338	(13)
22 Final Bloody Days	351	(14)
23 After-Action Report	365	(8)
Bibliography	373	(4)
Index	377