Skies of Thunder
The Deadly World War II Mission Over the Roof of the World
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Skies of Thunder
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Fred Sanders
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“Riveting.” —The New York Times
From the New York Times bestselling author, a breathtaking account of combat and survival in one of the most brutally challenging and rarely examined campaigns of World War II
In April 1942, the Imperial Japanese Army steamrolled through Burma, capturing the only ground route from India to China. Supplies to this critical zone would now have to come from India by air—meaning across the Himalayas, on the most hazardous air route in the world. SKIES OF THUNDER is a story of an epic human endeavor, in which Allied troops faced the monumental challenge of operating from airfields hacked from the jungle, and took on “the Hump,” the fearsome mountain barrier that defined the air route.They flew fickle, untested aircraft through monsoons and enemy fire, with inaccurate maps and only primitive navigation technology. The result was a litany of both deadly crashes and astonishing feats of survival. The most chaotic of all the war’s arenas, the China-Burma-India theater was further confused by the conflicting political interests of Roosevelt, Churchill and their demanding, nominal ally, Chiang Kai-shek.
Caroline Alexander, who wrote the defining books on Shackleton’s Endurance and Bligh's Bounty, is brilliant at probing what it takes to survive extreme circumstances. She has unearthed obscure memoirs and long-ignored records to give us the pilots’ and soldiers’ eye views of flying and combat, as well as honest portraits of commanders like the celebrated “Vinegar Joe” Stillwell and Claire Lee Chennault. She assesses the real contributions of units like the Flying Tigers, Merrill’s Marauders, and the British Chindits, who pioneered new and unconventional forms of warfare. Decisions in this theater exposed the fault-lines between the Allies—America and Britain, Britain and India, and ultimately and most fatefully between America and China, as FDR pressed to help the Chinese nationalists in order to forge a bond with China after the war.
A masterpiece of modern war history.
Recensioni della critica
“Riveting.” —The New York Times
“A clear and engaging narrative. . . . A thorough, but never dull, history for the reader curious about the reality of World War II.” —The New York Journal of Books
“A fresh narrative that pulls readers into the challenges and complexities of this enormous theater of vast jungle and mountain at the end of the world.” —U.S. Army War College Press
“Author Caroline Alexander in her new book Skies of Thunder presents a riveting, faced-paced account of the action there both on the ground and in the skies that would make for a best-selling movie.” —Asian Review of Books
“[Caroline Alexander] brings her keen eye and narrative skill to Skies of Thunder. A chronicle of waging war by flying over the Hump: those mountain ridges that make up the border of Burma and China and turned into a theater of both disasters and triumphs.” —Airmail
“Alexander’s vivid retelling of this aerial feat is matched only by her exquisite rendering of the pilots’ fear.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)
“Well-detailed and engagingly told.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A seamless and illuminating piece of modern war history.” —Shelf Awareness
"A thrilling aviation adventure that also casts an assured historical lens on a lesser-known arena of WWII diplomacy, this is sure to enrapture readers." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Readers interested in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II and Asian history will enjoy Alexander’s detailed and beautifully written account." —Library Journal (starred review)
“A clear and engaging narrative. . . . A thorough, but never dull, history for the reader curious about the reality of World War II.” —The New York Journal of Books
“A fresh narrative that pulls readers into the challenges and complexities of this enormous theater of vast jungle and mountain at the end of the world.” —U.S. Army War College Press
“Author Caroline Alexander in her new book Skies of Thunder presents a riveting, faced-paced account of the action there both on the ground and in the skies that would make for a best-selling movie.” —Asian Review of Books
“[Caroline Alexander] brings her keen eye and narrative skill to Skies of Thunder. A chronicle of waging war by flying over the Hump: those mountain ridges that make up the border of Burma and China and turned into a theater of both disasters and triumphs.” —Airmail
“Alexander’s vivid retelling of this aerial feat is matched only by her exquisite rendering of the pilots’ fear.” —The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)
“Well-detailed and engagingly told.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A seamless and illuminating piece of modern war history.” —Shelf Awareness
"A thrilling aviation adventure that also casts an assured historical lens on a lesser-known arena of WWII diplomacy, this is sure to enrapture readers." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Readers interested in the China-Burma-India Theater of World War II and Asian history will enjoy Alexander’s detailed and beautifully written account." —Library Journal (starred review)
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