Still Time To Die
By: by Jack Belden ...
Publisher: Harper & Brothers
Published: 1944
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.; China -- History -- 1937-1945.
Notes: "First edition."
Table of contents: title: TABLE OF CONTENTS; title: THE NATURE OF THE BATTLEFIELD; title: i. Falsehood; title: 2. Uncertainty; title: 3. Friction; title: 4. Courage; title: 5. Resolution; title: 6. Exertion; title: 7. Brotherhood and Loneliness; title: 8. Destruction; title: CHINESE BATTLEFIELDS; title: Chapter I. The Death of a City 37; title: 1. The dangerous position of China 37; title: 2. The smell and feel of a city; its transmutation in war 42; title: 3. War should be treated with respect 44; title: 4. Defeat corrodes the soul 51; title: 5. War breeds suspicion 54; title: 6 .War arouses passions 59; title: 7. People have blind natural impulses 68; title: 8. Non-combatants are often trapped 78; title: 9. A city dies 83; title: Chapter II. The Retreat from Hsuchow 88; title: 1. The Japanese trap 88; title: 2. A night march 91; title: 3. "War is the province of chance" 94; title: 4. The atmosphere of retreat 97; title: 5. A chance meeting with the enemy 101; title: 6. History repeats itself 105; title: 7. Breaking through 107; title: 8. "One can cut off a slice of bread, but not an army" 113; title: Chapter III. The Battle of The Yellow River 122; title: (The strange nature of a battlefield as seen from headquarters); title: 1. A river betrays China 122; title: 2. What soldiers feel as they approach the battlefield 125; title: 3. How it feels to be surprised 130; title: 4. New battlefields are always strange and confusing 133; title: 5. The problems of a general 136; title: 6. Battles take sudden changes 139; title: 7. "Cannon fever" 141; title: 8. Battles make the uninitiated insane 149; title: 9. "The fog of war" 153; title: 10. Anticipation produces fear 159; title: 11. Sometimes soldiers shoot themselves 161; title: 12. Retreat at night 163; title: 13. Horror 171; title: 14. Chiang Kai-shek makes a decision 173; title: 15. The Yellow River 175; title: BRITISH BATTLEFIELDS; title: Chapter IV, The Siege of Malta 183; title: 1. The Blitz 183; title: 2. Air Siege 184; title: 3. The People 190; title: Chapter V. The Battle of The Mareth Line 206; title: 1. "The perfect battle" 206; title: 2. The importance of infantry 211; title: 3. Attack 213; title: 4. Defeat 217; title: 5. Victory 231; title: AMERICAN BATTLEFIELDS; title: Chapter VI. The Landing at Sicily 237; title: 1. The fear of uncertainty 237; title: 2. The certainty of fear 243; title: 3. The mystery of a landing 249; title: 4. Exploring a hostile country 256; title: 5. "It's good to be alive" 263; title: Chapter VII. Landing in the Enemy's Rear 271; title: 1. A commander revives his men 271; title: 2. The Hollywood atmosphere of a night landing 274; title: 3. Bernard's Last Stand 278; title: 4. Journey's End Hill 284; title: Chapter VIII. Salerno 290; title: Epilogue: There is Still Time To Die 307