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Road of Bones: The Siege of Kohima 1944. Fergal Keane[尸骨之路]
- 作者
- 出版社 HarperCollins UK
- 出版时间 2011年4月
- ISBN 9780007132416
- 定价 134.30
内容简介
Thestoryofoneofthemostbrutalbattlesinmodernhistory--foughtatamajorturningpointoftheSecondWorldWar.Kohima.InthisremoteIndianvillageneartheborderwithBurma,atinyforceofBritishandIndiantroopsfacedthemightoftheImperialJapaneseArmy.Outnumberedtentoone,thedefendersfoughttheJapanesehandtohandinabattlethatwasamongstthemostsavageinmodernwarfare.Agarrisonofnomorethan1,500fightingmen,desperatelyshortofwaterandwiththewoundedcompelledtolieintheopen,facedaforceof15,000Japanese.TheyheldthepassandpreventedaJapanesevictorythatwouldhaveproveddisastrousfortheBritish.AnothersixweeksofbitterfightingfollowedasBritishandIndianreinforcementsstrovetodrivetheenemyoutofIndia.Whenthebattlewasover,aJapanesearmythathadinvadedIndiaonamissionofimperialconquesthadsufferedtheworstdefeatinitshistory.Thousandsofmenlaydeadonadevastatedlandscape,whiletensofthousandsmoreJapanesestarvedinacatastrophicretreateastwards.TheycalledthejourneybacktoBurmathe'RoadofBones',asfriendsandcomradescommittedsuicideordroppeddeadfromhungeralongthejunglepaths.FergalKeanehasreportedfortheBBCfromconflictsoneverycontinentoverthepast25years,andhebringstothisworkofhistorynotonlyrigorousscholarshipbutarawunderstandingofthepitilessnatureofwar.Itisastoryfilledwithvividcharacters:themillionaire'ssonwhorefusedacommissionandwasawardedaVCforhissacrificeinbattle,theRoedeandebutantewholedaguerrillabandinthejungle,andtheGeneralwhodefiedtheordersofahatedsuperiorinordertosavethelivesofhismen.BasedonoriginalresearchinJapan,BritainandIndia,'RoadofBones'isastoryaboutextraordinarycourageandthefollyofimperialdreams.
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