1. The Burma Road: The Epic Story of
the China-Burma-India Theater in
World War II (P.S.) by Donovan
Webster
The Burma Road Reviewed
As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at
World War IIs outset, closing all of Chinas seaports, more than 200,000
Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-
mile overland route -- the Burma Road -- from the southwest Chinese city
of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But when Burma fell in 1942, the Burma
Road was severed. As the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan,
American general Joseph Stilwell reopened it, while, at the same time,
keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the
Japanese out of Burma.
From the breathtaking adventures of the American Hump pilots who flew
hair-raising missions over the Himalayas to make food-drops in China to
the true story of the mission that inspired the famous film The Bridge on
the River Kwai, to the grueling jungle operations of Merrills Marauders and
the British Chindit Brigades, The Burma Road vividly re-creates the
sprawling, sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and still larg ely unknown
stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II.
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This is one of the best history books I have read. It is very well written - I
must disagree
with some of my fellow reviewers who state that the writing style is dry. I
didn't find this

2. to be the case at all. The descriptions of many of the battles are gripping -
at times
I was unable to put the book down.
The book completely covers the Burma campaign - it starts with Stillwell's
retreat from Burma and
ends with the completion of the Burma road. Highly Recommended.
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