{"product_id":"the-burma-campaign-disaster-into-triumph-194245","title":"The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph  1942-45","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book  in essence a quadruple biography  tells the story of the four larger-than-life Allied commanders whose lives collided in the Burma campaign  one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War II. Ranging from 1942  when the British suffered the greatest defeat in the history of the Empire  through the crucial battles of Imphal and Kohima (\"the Stalingrad of the East\")  and on to ultimate victory in 1945  this account is vivid  brutal  and enthralling. Frank McLynn opens a new window on the Burma Campaign  focusing on the interactions and antagonisms of its principal players: William Slim  the brilliant general commanding the British 14th Army; Orde Wingate  the ambitious and idiosyncratic commander of the Chindits  a British force of irregulars; Louis Mountbatten  one of Churchills favorites  overpromoted to the position of Supreme Commander  S.E. Asia; and Joseph Stilwell (\"Vinegar Joe\")  a hard-line U.S. general  also a martinet and Anglophobe. McLynn draws careful portraits of each of these men  neglecting neither strengths nor flaws  and shows with new clarity how the plans  designs  and strategies of generals and politicians were translated into a hideous reality for soldiers on the ground.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44946867781685,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300171625","price":33.42,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300171624.jpg?v=1769969713","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-burma-campaign-disaster-into-triumph-194245","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}