![]() ![]() ![]() He also finds the time to fall in love and, eventually, after a messy divorce that at one stage seems to threaten his career, marry. It is also a journey of discovery, of becoming increasingly competent and developing those skills necessary to succeed in battle and in leadership. The book is much more than a military history, even though that in itself would make it worthwhile to read. In between is a period at Staff College, learning to be a Staff Officer. His service covers some of the forgotten theatres of the war - Syria, Mesopotamia and Iraq in the early stages of the war, and the Burma campaign against the Japanese in the latter stages. ![]() When war broke out, John Masters was already a junior officer in the Indian Army, a second lieutenant in the 4 th Gurkha Rifles. The Road Past Mandalay forms the second volume of autobiography by John Masters, covering the period of the Second World War. The Road Past Mandalay, John Masters, 1961 Ĭassell Military Paperback ISBN: 978-0-3043-6157-1 ![]()
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