Phoenix from the Ashes: The Indian Army in the Burma Campaign
"Daniel Marston has produced a superb study of how the defeated British and Indian Armies learned from their experience in 1942 and regenerated a force capable of taking the offensive and crushing their Japanese opponents. Marston illuminates the key role of young Indian soldiers in achieving this end, thereby laying the foundation of the new, post-independence Indian Army. He excels in describing and analysing individual experience in jungle warfare through vivid interviews with survivors. His book is an exciting read for both specialists and nonspecialists in the study of warfare."-Robert O'Neill Chichele Professor of the History of War Emeritus University of Oxford