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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821527703321

Autore

Calvert Michael <1913->

Titolo

Prisoners of hope / / Michael Calvert ; with a foreword by Michael Rose

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, England : , : Leo Cooper, , 1996

©1996

ISBN

1-4738-1735-8

1-78383-803-5

Edizione

[Revised edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (321 p.)

Collana

Pen & Sword paperback

Disciplina

940.54/25

Soggetti

World War, 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Burma

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

""Cover ""; ""Title ""; ""Copyright ""; ""Contents ""; ""PART ONE ""; ""I GOING IN ""; ""II BROADWAY ""; ""III WHITE CITY ""; ""IV THE JAPS ATTACK ""; ""V CLEARING MAWLU ""; ""VI ATTACK ON BROADWAY ""; ""VII THE DEATH OF WINGATE ""; ""PART TWO ""; ""I THE SITUATION REVIEWED ""; ""II ATTACK ON WHITE CITY ""; ""III THE COUNTER-ATTACK ""; ""IV THE CHANGE IN PLAN ""; ""V EVACUATION ""; ""VI BLACKPOOL ""; ""VII TOWARDS MOGAUNG ""; ""VIII THE CAPTURE OF PINHMI ""; ""IX ATTACK ON MOGAUNG ""; ""X MOGAUNG CAPTURED ""; ""XI THE RETURN ""; ""APPENDIX I ""; ""APPENDIX II ""; ""APPENDIX III ""

""APPENDIX IV ""

Sommario/riassunto

Of the many thousands of books that have been written about the Second World War, Prisoners of Hope is one of the very few acknowledged masterpieces. A devoted disciple of Wingate, of Chindit fame, Calvert accompanied him on the first controversial journey behind the Japanese lines, and after Wingate's tragic death, became the lading protagonist on behalf of Wingate's ideas and the staunchest defender of his reputation. Prisoners of Hope is the classic work on Guerilla warfare as experienced by the commander in action.