75 years after WWII headlines of Pearl Harbor, Normandy, and Hiroshima hit the press, the China-Burma-India Theater was brought to light in Behind the Forgotten Front.
It's 1942, and Harry Flynn leaves behind the love of his life to journey into East Asia, a world of tigers, elephants, and the Himalayan Mountains. He enlists to fight, expecting to find the thrill of danger and honor of military service. But, instead, Harry is ordered to the Forgotten Front in the Indian subcontinent as an ordinary supply officer. There, General Joseph 'Vinegar Joe' Stilwell is constructing a 'road to nowhere' through Japanese-occupied Burma-and he's willing to complete it at any cost.
In an exotic world with Naga headhunters, opium-smoking Kachin tribesmen, and marauders who scorn both life and death, Harry must entrust his life to others if he is to survive the war. During a time when boys are forced to come of age on the battlefield, and where death and insanity seem to be the only ways out, Harry must find what makes his life worth living.
The lessons learned in WWII apply to all wars where men walk away carrying unspeakable memories about the lives that could have been. Behind the Forgotten Front takes you to the overlooked battles in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II and shows you that history is about facts driven by the passions and sometimes the mistakes of real people.
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Vendeur : World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Picture India and Burma in 1942: with unexplored jungles, Himalayan Mountains, Naga headhunters, and a young man looking for adventure. Instead of a fighting position, Harry Flynn is sent to WI's Forgotten Front in the China-Burma-India Theater as an ordinary supply officer. There, the military's 'win at all cost' mentality is killing a man a mile. Behind the Forgotten Front is not another 'boy goes to war' tale; instead, it's about Harry Flynn's struggle with himself as he helped an African-American regiment build the 'road to nowhere' through Japanese-occupied Burma. Later, he became a combatant in America's first guerrilla-supported units, Merrill's Marauders and then the Mars Task Force. Through the unbreakable bonds of friendship on the battlefield, he overcomes the smell of fear, the weight of loneliness, and the enemy. This book's not about heroes but about people; soldiers who may have been good men even if they weren't brave. Men who walked away, carrying unspeakable memories about the 'lives that could have been.' Behind the Forgotten Front brings them all back to life and shows that history is about facts driven by the passions and sometimes mistakes of real people. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0991598415VG
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Vendeur : World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, Etats-Unis
Paperback. Etat : Very Good. Picture India and Burma in 1942: with unexplored jungles, Himalayan Mountains, Naga headhunters, and a young man looking for adventure. Instead of a fighting position, Harry Flynn is sent to WI's Forgotten Front in the China-Burma-India Theater as an ordinary supply officer. There, the military's 'win at all cost' mentality is killing a man a mile. Behind the Forgotten Front is not another 'boy goes to war' tale; instead, it's about Harry Flynn's struggle with himself as he helped an African-American regiment build the 'road to nowhere' through Japanese-occupied Burma. Later, he became a combatant in America's first guerrilla-supported units, Merrill's Marauders and then the Mars Task Force. Through the unbreakable bonds of friendship on the battlefield, he overcomes the smell of fear, the weight of loneliness, and the enemy. This book's not about heroes but about people; soldiers who may have been good men even if they weren't brave. Men who walked away, carrying unspeakable memories about the 'lives that could have been.' Behind the Forgotten Front brings them all back to life and shows that history is about facts driven by the passions and sometimes mistakes of real people. N° de réf. du vendeur CIN0991598415VG
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Paperback or Softback. Etat : New. Behind the Forgotten Front: A WWII Novel: A WWII Novel. Book. N° de réf. du vendeur BBS-9780991598410
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