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'Riveting' - The New York TimesTHE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER. In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing the only ground route from India to China.

About the author

CAROLINE ALEXANDER is the The New York Times bestselling author of The Endurance, The Bounty and other acclaimed works of non-fiction, as well as a new translation of Homer's Iliad. She read Philosophy and Theology at Oxford University as a Rhodes scholar and has a doctorate in classics from Columbia University. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Granta, and National Geographic among other publications.

Summary

'Riveting' - The New York TimesTHE LITTLE-KNOWN STORY OF THE ALLIES' FIGHT IN WWII'S CHAOTIC AND LETHAL CHINA BURMA-INDIA THEATER. In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army captured Burma, closing the only ground route from India to China.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Alexander, Alexander Caroline
• Publisher: Bonnier Zaffre
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.02.2025
• EAN: 9781804189870
• ISBN: 978-1-80418-987-0
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 42 mm
• Weight: 732 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / General, HISTORY / Modern / General, military history, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), History: specific events and topics, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival