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    Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 – The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire
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    Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 – The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire

    By Fergal Keane

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateAug 29, 2013
    ISBN9780007439867
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    Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944 – The Epic Story of the Last Great Stand of Empire
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    Fergal Keane

    Fergal Keane is one of the BBC's most distinguished correspondents and an award-winning broadcaster and author. He has been awarded a BAFTA and named reporter of the year on television and radio, winning honours from the Royal Television Society and the Sony Radio Awards. He has also been named Report of the Year in the Amnesty International Press Awards and the Edward R. Murrow Award from the US Overseas Press Association.

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    • 3/5
      Detailed book on jungle fighting between British and the allies with the Japanese. Excessive graphic as was the actual fighting.Biggest take away How British officers thought more about their polo ponies and good living rather than training Indian Natives how to fight.. when the need arose the natives thru no fault of there own could not respond as needed.Best quote in the book , speaking about Winston Churchill "I began to wonder whether Iin Alice in Wonderland, or whether I was really fit for a lunatic asylum! I am honestly getting very doubtful about his balance of mind andit gives me the cold shivers. ----I can not get him to face the true facts!"
    • 4/5
      Very good narrative account of crucial battle of Kohima in 1944 to forestall Japanese invasion of Northern India. Good use of Japanese sources and attempt made to present unbiased account of the battle. The differences between the British commanders at Kohima , Laverty and Richards are revealed and the author places great emphasis on the help given to the British forces by the Naga hill tribes. The Japanese underestimated the British / Indian resistance ,which occurred at the battle and due to their lack of supplies and the defenders bravery suffered a catastrophic defeat.
    • 5/5
      An epic story.
    • 5/5
      Just finished this detailed and well paced account. What is particularly remarkable about this work is that the author weaves research, the people, the story and anecdotes seemingly effortlessly together. The result is an informative and highly readable account, an almost from the bunker level view of the terribly hard fought siege, the build up , the aftermath and everything. Keane has conducted several in-depth interviews of some of the participants on both sides, and so results in a balanced account. My only bug bear is that the maps could have been a bit more detailed and legible, but its an insignificant quibble. The author follows the fates of many of the participants and as a result they and the book really come to life. After reading so closely of their trials and tribulations, in many cases their poignant fates, one feels one almost knows some of the fellows, it is a very much over the shoulder feeling, quite uncanny!Harrowing and moving. A triumph of war literature and bound to be a favourite for many years. It is also a fitting tribute to the men that died there in the epic struggle for survival and victory that was Kohima.This book should be read alongside other accounts for the fuller historical picture of the battle and the Burma campaign but certainly holds its head up high as a sterling effort.Highly recommended, one of the best WW2 books I have read.
    • 4/5
      A very good book about the battle of kohima but trends towards just one part of the British side and almost misses out the whole of the relieving force - 2nd British Infantry division. Still and all though a very good book which is in my own library