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The second part of the bestselling novelists dramatic autobiography about his time in the Gurkhas during the second world war

This is the second part of John Masters autobiography how he fought with his Gurkha regiment during World War II until his promotion to command one of the Chindit columns behind enemy lines in Burma

Written by a bestselling novelist at the height of his powers it is an exceptionally moving story that culminates in him having to personally shoot a number of wounded British soldiers who cannot be evacuated before their position is overrun by the Japanese It is an uncomfortable reminder that Churchills obsession with special forces squandered thousands of Allied lives in operations that owed more to public relations than strategic calculation

This military and moral odyssey is one of the greatest of World War II frontline memoirs