![]() His views on the suitability of both Wingate and Stillwell for high command are illuminating as being from one who experienced it at the sharp end.Īfter an all too brief leave he is called back to a senior staff position under a 'difficult' general and the final drive to Mandalay and peace. ![]() His comment on command, leadership and his superiors make enlightening reading. After 100 days behind lines only 119 men were fit to continue, 700 had been killed, and over 2000 declared medically unfit and had to be evacuated. The final and harrowing part finds him preparing a Chindit column to land behind Japanese lines in Burma, and to eventually lead it in combat. ![]() After that forgotten campaign he is sent back to India on a staff course covered by the second part of this memoir. The short first part takes Masters and his beloved 2/4th Ghurkas to Iraq and Syria. In this follow on to Bugles and a Tiger John Masters puts his professional skills to the test in the crucible of war. ![]()
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