Synopses & Reviews
George MacDonald Fraser beloved for his series of Flashmanhistorical novels offers an action-packed memoir of his experiences inBurma during World War II. Fraser was only 19 when he arrived there inthe war's final year, and he offers a first-hand glimpse at thecamaraderie, danger, and satisfactions of service. A substantialEpilogue, occasioned by the 50th anniversary of VJ-Day in 1995, addspoignancy to a volume that eminent military historian John Keegandescribed as one of the great personal memoirs of the Second WorldWar.