Showing The Jungle War: Mavericks, Marauders and Madmen in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II by Gerald Astor

2004 07 HardCover Pub Date: Pages: 400 in Publisher: John Wiley & Sons. The massive invasions. Spectacular sea battles and devastating bombing raids of World War II could not have occurred without the enormous organizations the guides meticulously meticulous coordination and absolute discipline- the meat and potatoes of modern. mechanized warfare. For those with more exotic appetites. however. there was CBI: China. Burma. and India.In The Jungle War. the man whom Stephen Amose called the master of the genre of oral history relates the sprawling and dramatic tale of the theater of war in which forceful personalities battled chaos. and conventional warfare was simply impossible. Gerald Astor shows how Allied reluctance to commit resources to this side-alley fight led to a motley amalgamation of separate commands and specialized units led by some of the most colorful. unconvent...