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I've read John Master's book 'The Road Past Mandalay',which tells the story of the Burma war from the point of view of a brigadier.
'Quartered safe out here' is the story of the soldiers he commanded. An excellent book by a first-class writer - it stays with you.
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Excellent. One of the best war memoires I have read.
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This book puts you into the boots of the author in the Burma campaign. One of the reasons that I read books about wars is because I have had the good fortune to lead a life of safety and freedom, courtesy of the courage of a previous generation and I wonder how I would have reacted under the circumstances that they found themselves in. If you have a similar interest you will find this book very enlightening. It is both terrifying from one perspective and reassuring from another, the first because a friend is there one minute and gone the next and it could so easily have been you and the second because the comradeship of the soldiers described and in particular their retention of a sense of humour gives one the hope that the human spirit will after all prevail, come what may. Oh, and if there is, God forbid, another war, make sure that you are on the same side as the men from the Border Country, - you will be likely to live longer.
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One of the Finest books you will read about war.
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I devoured this book in 2 days. The narrative is fantastic and Fraser really brings home what it was like to be `sudjer` in Burma. I can't recommend this book enough.
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A moving, satisfying and thought provoking recollection
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Over the years a number of people have recommended this book to me and I finally got round to reading it only recently. I wished I had listened to them before. It has to be one of the finest books written on men at war. It is not a story of generals and grand strategies, but of ordinary men, doing things that are really extraordinary in the last days of the war in Burma. The description of events and characters are brought to life by the author, with humour and emotion. The author also has something to say about the society then and now which should be required reading for any politician.
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One of the best personal memoirs of WW2
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A personal account of the author's experiences in the far east with 14th Army during WW2. Anyone who has an interest in the armed forces, or for that matter leadership in any field, should read this book. It is warm, funny, moving, tragic and a great insight to human nature in the most trying of circumstances.
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