Defeat into Victory
by Slim, WilliamFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2000-03-01
Publisher(s): Cooper Square Pub
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Summary
These memoirs rank with those of Ulysses S. Grant as one of the few honest testaments [of war].--The Readers Companion to Military History
Author Biography
Field-Marshal Viscount William Joseph Slim (1891-1970) was a soldier for more than thirty years, starting in World War I. He was knighted in 1944, promoted to full general in 1945, and made a field-marshal in 1948.
Table of Contents
| Defeat | |
| Into Burma | p. 3 |
| First Impressions | p. 23 |
| A Chapter of Misfortunes | p. 41 |
| Disaster | p. 60 |
| Evacuation | p. 89 |
| Aftermath | p. 111 |
| Forging the Weapon | |
| The Three V's | p. 125 |
| The First Arakan Campaign | p. 147 |
| The Foundations | p. 168 |
| The Weapon is Tested | |
| The Best-Laid Plans | p. 199 |
| Pattern for Victory | p. 223 |
| The Northern Front | p. 248 |
| The Tide Turns | |
| How it was Planned | p. 285 |
| How it Happened | p. 296 |
| Attrition | p. 315 |
| Pursuit | p. 347 |
| The Decisive Battle | |
| Approach to the Irrawaddy | p. 373 |
| Crossing the Irrawaddy | p. 407 |
| The Vital Thrust | p. 435 |
| The Battle of the Irrawaddy Shore | p. 458 |
| Victory | |
| The Race to Rangoon | p. 479 |
| The Last Battle | p. 508 |
| Afterthoughts | p. 535 |
| Index | p. 553 |
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