Wingate Adventure
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the jungles of Burma during the darkest years of World War II, one of history's most eccentric and brilliant military commanders led a band of unconventional warriors deep behind enemy lines — and Wilfred Burchett was there to chronicle every remarkable moment. Wingate Adventure recounts the extraordinary campaigns of Major-General Orde Wingate and his legendary Chindits, the long-range penetration forces who defied conventional military doctrine to wage guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces in the most unforgiving terrain imaginable. Written with the urgency and authority of an eyewitness correspondent, Burchett captures the chaos, courage, and sheer audacity of operations that shocked both Allied command and the enemy alike. Burchett, already celebrated for works such as Pacific Treasure Island and Bombs over Burma, brings his razor-sharp journalistic instincts to this gripping wartime narrative, presenting Wingate not merely as a military genius but as a profoundly complex and driven figure whose unorthodox methods forever changed the art of jungle warfare. The book stands as a vital primary document of the Burma campaign, illuminating the human cost and strategic brilliance behind one of the war's most daring enterprises. Published in Melbourne in 1944, at the very height of the conflict, it carries the raw immediacy of a world still very much at war — leaving the reader to wonder how such men, in such impossible circumstances, dared to believe they could win.
Author: W.G. Burchett
Format: Hardback
Published: 1944, F.W. Cheshire Pty. Ltd. Melbourne
Genre: Military history
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Markings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and corners
In the jungles of Burma during the darkest years of World War II, one of history's most eccentric and brilliant military commanders led a band of unconventional warriors deep behind enemy lines — and Wilfred Burchett was there to chronicle every remarkable moment. Wingate Adventure recounts the extraordinary campaigns of Major-General Orde Wingate and his legendary Chindits, the long-range penetration forces who defied conventional military doctrine to wage guerrilla warfare against Japanese forces in the most unforgiving terrain imaginable. Written with the urgency and authority of an eyewitness correspondent, Burchett captures the chaos, courage, and sheer audacity of operations that shocked both Allied command and the enemy alike. Burchett, already celebrated for works such as Pacific Treasure Island and Bombs over Burma, brings his razor-sharp journalistic instincts to this gripping wartime narrative, presenting Wingate not merely as a military genius but as a profoundly complex and driven figure whose unorthodox methods forever changed the art of jungle warfare. The book stands as a vital primary document of the Burma campaign, illuminating the human cost and strategic brilliance behind one of the war's most daring enterprises. Published in Melbourne in 1944, at the very height of the conflict, it carries the raw immediacy of a world still very much at war — leaving the reader to wonder how such men, in such impossible circumstances, dared to believe they could win.