Another Man’s War: The Story of a Burma Boy in Britain’s Forgotten Army PDF
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‘Two young West African soldiers shipped halfway across the world in 1943 to fight for the British in Burma find themselves abandoned – wounded, starving and sick – in the unmapped jungle of the Arakan. Their astonishing adventures are reconstructed here in gripping detail… A real-life thriller with sobering implications for the British reader – but I found it impossible to put down.’ Hilary Spurling author of Burying the Bones ‘Barnaby Phillips has uncovered a tale which touches the world in every sense. The story is a deceptively simple one, of a lanky boy who runs away from his dusty Nigerian village to join the British Army and is left for dead thousands of miles from home in the Burmese jungle. The miraculous sheltering and survival of Isaac Fadoyebo not only make an irresistible human drama. They also illustrate the terrifying global swirl of the conflict. Told with warmth and colour, this account of a forgotten soldier in a forgotten army in a forgotten war will not itself be easily forgotten.’ Ferdinand Mount author of The New Few A Oneworld Book This eBook edition published by Oneworld Publications, 2014 First published in North America, Great Britain & Australia by Oneworld Publications, 2014 Copyright © Barnaby Phillips 2014 The moral right of Barnaby Phillips to be identified as the Author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 All rights reserved Copyright under Berne Convention A CIP record for this title is available from the British Library ISBN 978-1-78074-522-0 Ebook ISBN 978-1-78074-523-7 Note on the Text In 1989, Burma’s military government changed the name of the country to Myanmar, and at the same time the capital Rangoon became Yangon. I have used the original names throughout this book, for the sake of consistency, as the greater part of it concerns the years around the Second World War. No offence is intended. Typesetting and eBook design by Tetragon, London Map artwork copyright by Critiqua Oneworld Publications 10 Bloomsbury Street, London WC1B 3SR, England C O N T E N T S Prologue PART I. SACRIFICE 1. One big man 2. Let this bayonet drink my blood 3. A calabash in the wind 4. The generals are met 5. Black men held the gate 6. Full of loneliness 7. Juju on the River Kaladan 8. Cover me, Lord 9. Loyalty and patience 10. Home again 11. Great awakening 12. The cries turn to laughter PART II. DEBT 13. Into a ravine 14. Here you left us 15. Natives of Arakan 16. Impregnable 17. For our children to be free Epilogue Appendix: Key dates Acknowledgements Image section Notes To my parents
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