The untold story of one of WW2's most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma
James Holland is an internationally acclaimed and award-winning
historian, writer, and broadcaster. The author of a number of
best-selling histories including Fortress Malta- An Island Under
Siege, Battle of Britain, Dam Busters, and most recently,
The War in the West and Big Week, he has also written
nine works of historical fiction, including the Jack Tanner
novels.
He has presented - and written - a large number of television
programmes and series, including the film Normandy 44 for
the BBC, and is a mainstay of the internationally successful
Nazi Megastrucutres. He has scripted and is producing a
feature film of his novel, A Pair of Silver Wings.
He is also Chair of the Chalke Valley History Festival, a Fellow of
the Royal Historical Society, and a Research Fellow at Swansea
University. He can be found on Twitter as @James1940.
Holland is good on the mechanics of warfare and gives a
thrilling blow-by-blow account of the fighting, which will
please military buffs. There are also crisp vignettes of the
commanders . . . But it is the voices of the fighting men that lift
this book above the level of a simple battle narrative. Holland has
a good ear. * The Times *
Up there with Rorke's Drift . . . in rescuing the Battle of
the Admin Box from oblivion, Holland has performed a signal service
for all the men who fought - and died - in its defence * Telegraph
*
In this superb account of an obscure but decisive battle fought in
almost indescribably difficult jungle terrain, the always
excellent James Holland tells a tale of heroism and grit to
match any in the annals of war * The Mail on Sunday *
Vivid . . . military historian James Holland conjures the
heroism and horror of this gallant stand by a motley force of
doctors, clerks and other base troops against highly trained
Japanese infantry. * Daily Mail *
A gripping account of one of the war's lesser-known episodes
* Soldier *
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