The Burma Road : The Epic Story of One of World War Ii's Most Remarkable Endeavours - Softcover

Donovan Webster

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0330427032 ISBN 13: 9780330427036

Publisher: Pan Macmillan, 2005

Synopsis

In the tradition of Band of Brothers and Anthony Beevor's Stalingrad, Donovan Webster's The Burma Road vividly recreates one of the astonishing and important events of the Second World War -- and the basis for the film The Bridge over the River Kwai. With gripping prose, Webster follows the breathtaking adventures of the Allied 'Hump' pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas delivering food and supplies to the 200,000 Chinese labourers charged with creating an overland link with the outside world. For the first time, we learn of the war in Burma from the perspective of the of the soldiers who fought and died there -- the bravery, hardships and fears that motivated them to risk everything to avoid a full Japanese occupancy of China. Touching, moving and riveting, Webster's account of this gruelling and arduous campaign is a brilliant and important history, as well as an epic adventure story. 'A compelling narrative ...The opposing armies pursue one another through tiger-infested jungles, plagued by leeches as they slog miserably from firefight to firefight. This is great material and Webster handles it well' Los Angeles Times

About this title

About the Author:

Donovan Webster was a senior editor for Outside magazine and now writes for National Geographic, Smithsonian and The New York Times Magazine. He is the author of Aftermath: The Remnants of War. He lives with his family in Virginia, USA.

Review:

"'A compelling narrative... The opposing armies pursue one another through tiger-infested jungles, plagued by leeches as they slog miserably from firefight to firefight. This is great material and Webster handles it well' Los Angeles Times"

About this edition

• Publisher: Pan Macmillan
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0330427032
• ISBN 13: 9780330427036
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384