Defeat Into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945

by Field-Marshal Viscount William Slim, David Hogan (Introduction)

Overview

Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma.

The first edition of Defeat Into Victory , published in 1956, was an immediate sensation selling 20,000 copies within a few days. This is an updated version with a new introduction by David W. Hogan Jr.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780815410225
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	02/09/2000
Edition description:	1 ED
Pages:	616
Sales rank:	188,758
Product dimensions:	5.64(w) x 8.56(h) x 1.21(d)

Table of Contents

CONTENTS BOOK I Defeat Chapter Page I INTO BURMA 3 H FIRST IMPRESSIONS 23 III A CHAPTER OF MISFORTUNES 41 IV DISASTER 60 V EVACUATION $9 VI AFTERMATH III CONTENTS BOOK V The Decisive Battle Chapter Page XVII APPROACH TO THE IRRAWADDY 373 XVlll CROSSING THE IRRAWADDY 407 XIX THE VITAL THRUST 435 XX THE BATTLE OF THE IRRAWADDY SHORE 458 BOOK VI Victory XXI THE RACE TO RANGOON 4'79 XXII THE LAST BATTLE 508 XXIII AFTERTHOUGHTS 535 INDEX 553 BOOK II Forging the Weapon VII THE THREE VAS I2$ VIII THE FIRST ARAKAN CAMPAIGN 147 IX THE FOUNDATIONS I6$ BOOK III The Weapon is Tested X THE BEST-LAID PLANS 199 XI PATTERN FOR VICTORY 223 XII THE NORTHERN FRONT 24$ BOOK IV The Tide Turns XIll HOW IT WAS PLANNED 2$f )[IV HOW IT HAPPENED 296 XV ATTRITION 315 XVI PURSUIT 347

Editorial Reviews

These memoirs rank with those of Ulysses S. Grant as one of the few honest testaments [of war].

The Readers Companion To Military History

An outstanding work in the field of war.

The New York Times Book Review

One of the war's few great captains......a soldier who can reconstruct battles as brilliantly as he fought them.

Time

An outstanding work in the field of war.

One of the war's few great captains......a soldier who can reconstruct battles as brilliantly as he fought them.

These memoirs rank with those of Ulysses S. Grant as one of the few honest testaments [of war].

From the Publisher

One of the war's few great captains......a soldier who can reconstruct battles as brilliantly as he fought them.

Time

These memoirs rank with those of Ulysses S. Grant as one of the few honest testaments [of war].

The Readers Companion to Military History