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20%OFFBarnaby Phillips - Another Man´s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain´s Forgotten African Army - 9781780747118 - V9781780747118
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Another Man´s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain´s Forgotten African Army

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Description for Another Man´s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain´s Forgotten African Army Paperback. He swore an oath to King and Empire.. but they forgot him Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1FMB; 3JJH; BGH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.

In December 1941 the Japanese invaded Burma. For the British, the longest land campaign of the Second World War had begun. 100,000 African soldiers were taken from Britain’s colonies to fight the Japanese in the Burmese jungles. They performed heroically in one of the most brutal theatres of war, yet their contribution has been largely ignored.

Isaac Fadoyebo was one of those ‘Burma Boys’. At the age of sixteen he ran away from his Nigerian village to join the British Army. Sent to Burma, he was attacked and left for dead in the jungle by the Japanese. Sheltered by ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781780747118
SKU
V9781780747118
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99-99

About Barnaby Phillips
Barnaby Phillips is a senior correspondent for Al Jazeera English, which he joined at the time of its launch in 2006. His documentary Burma Boy won the prestigious CINE Golden Eagle Award. Previously, he was for fifteen years a correspondent for the BBC, reporting primarily from Africa. Phillips grew up in Kenya and now lives in London. This is his ... Read more

Reviews for Another Man´s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain´s Forgotten African Army
'a heroic tale of survival'
Cotswold Life
'Remarkable...spellbinding'
Mail on Sunday
‘Impressive… Phillips is a confident narrator… a gripping military history which brings African witnesses to the dying days of the British Empire out of the shadows’ 
TLS
‘Excellent… such a gripping and valuable contribution to the literature… fascinating’ 
African Arguments
‘Two ... Read more

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