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Born in the Jungles of Burma

Author : Andrew Wax
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1443824550
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (438 download)

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Download or read book Born in the Jungles of Burma written by Andrew Wax and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08-11 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This researcher examined the evolution of warfare in an unforgiving environment, necessitating an innovative method of warfare never attempted on a large scale. It details the early history of air supply and support near the end of WWI up to and including the war in Europe in 1939 and the expanding war in Asia following the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent offensives in southeast Asia. The China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) became an important component of Allied efforts. Low in Allied priority, the difficulties encountered by the Southeast Asia Command (SEAC) increased. Burma, a British colony, was a region with few all-weather roads; the only rail lines available were in enemy hands 150 miles inside Japanese lines. Temperatures reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit with rainfall as much as 200 inches per year. Additionally, the nearest friendly seaport was more than 500 miles away. The Allied offensive, scheduled for the spring of 1944, incorporated a multi-pronged ground attack on three different Japanese fronts. To achieve success, it was essential to develop the only logical means of sustainability for ground forces: Air Supply and Support. Described herein are the efforts of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF), creating a singularly unique air unit: Air Commando 1. The coordination of Allied tactics and doctrines were worked out with a clear delineation of the chain of command. When Air Commando 1 arrived in India, the framework that became the Allied offensive, codenamed “Operation THURSDAY” was laid. For the survival of soldiers contracting one of the numerous diseases (Burma has the largest number of snakes per square mile) or suffering from combat related wounds and injuries, it was essential to receive quick medical attention. It was in the CBI that SEAC established an effective method of air evacuation that made the difference between life and death. The research unearthed most of the heretofore publicly unknown aspects of the campaign, explored in the author’s thesis, which indicate that the first sustained effort of air supply and support deep within enemy-held territory established a vital method of warfare deployed in subsequent wars.

Little Daughter

Author : Zoya Phan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781847374219
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (742 download)

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Download or read book Little Daughter written by Zoya Phan and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoya Phan was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen tribe. For decades the Karen have been fighting Burma's military junta, her mother a guerrilla soldier, her father a freedom activist. She lived in a bamboo hut on stilts by the Moi River; she hunted for edible fungi with her much-loved adopted brother, Say Say. Many Karen are Christian or Buddhist, but Zoya's parents were animist, venerating the spirits of forest, river and moon. Her early years were blissfully removed from the war. But at age thirteen Zoya's childhood was shattered as the Burmese army attacked. With their house in flames, Zoya and her family fled. So began two terrible years of running from guns, as Zoya joined thousands of refugees hiding in the jungle. Her family scattered, her brothers deeper into the war, Zoya went to a Thai refugee camp. So sick was she when she got there that doctors were barely able to save her life. A gifted pupil, Zoya now had to care for her ailing mother. Incredibly, Zoya went on to win a scholarship to study for a degree, but she was torn between study and caring for her dying mother. Still her enemies pursued her, and in 2005 she fled to the UK and claimed asylum. At a 'free Burma' march, she was plucked from the crowd to appear on the BBC, the first of countless interviews with the world's media. She became the face of a nation enslaved, rubbing shoulders with presidents and film stars. This is the story of the girl from the jungle who became an icon of a suffering land.

Born in the Jungles of Burma

Author : Andrew Wax
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781443824149
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (241 download)

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Download or read book Born in the Jungles of Burma written by Andrew Wax and published by Cambridge Scholars Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This researcher examined the evolution of warfare in an unforgiving environment, necessitating an innovative method of warfare never attempted on a large scale. It details the early history of air supply and support near the end of WWI up to and including the war in Europe in 1939 and the expanding war in Asia following the December 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and subsequent offensives in southeast Asia. The China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) became an important component of Allied efforts. Low in Allied priority, the difficulties encountered by the Southeast Asia Command (SEAC) increased. Burma, a British colony, was a region with few all-weather roads; the only rail lines available were in enemy hands 150 miles inside Japanese lines. Temperatures reached 110 degrees Fahrenheit with rainfall as much as 200 inches per year. Additionally, the nearest friendly seaport was more than 500 miles away. The Allied offensive, scheduled for the spring of 1944, incorporated a multi-pronged ground attack on three different Japanese fronts. To achieve success, it was essential to develop the only logical means of sustainability for ground forces: Air Supply and Support. Described herein are the efforts of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) and the Royal Air Force (RAF), creating a singularly unique air unit: Air Commando 1. The coordination of Allied tactics and doctrines were worked out with a clear delineation of the chain of command. When Air Commando 1 arrived in India, the framework that became the Allied offensive, codenamed â oeOperation THURSDAYâ was laid. For the survival of soldiers contracting one of the numerous diseases (Burma has the largest number of snakes per square mile) or suffering from combat related wounds and injuries, it was essential to receive quick medical attention. It was in the CBI that SEAC established an effective method of air evacuation that made the difference between life and death. The research unearthed most of the heretofore publicly unknown aspects of the campaign, explored in the authorâ (TM)s thesis, which indicate that the first sustained effort of air supply and support deep within enemy-held territory established a vital method of warfare deployed in subsequent wars.

Little Daughter

Author : Zoya Phan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 184737719X
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Little Daughter written by Zoya Phan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2009-04-20 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoya Phan was born in the remote jungles of Burma, to the Karen ethnic group. For decades the Karen have been under attack from Burma's military junta; Zoya's mother was a guerrilla soldier, her father a freedom activist. She lived in a bamboo hut on stilts by the Moei River; she hunted for edible fungi with her much-loved adopted brother, Say Say. Many Karen are Christian or Buddhist, but Zoya's parents were animist, venerating the spirits of forest, river and moon. Her early years were blissfully removed from the war. At the age of fourteen, however, Zoya's childhood was shattered as the Burmese army attacked. With their house in flames, Zoya and her family fled. So began two terrible years of running from guns, as Zoya joined thousands of refugees hiding in the jungle. Her family scattered, Zoya sought sanctuary across the border in a Thai refugee camp. Conditions in the camp were difficult, and Zoya now had to care for her ailing mother. Zoya, a gifted pupil, was eventually able to escape, first to Bangkok and then, with her enemies still pursuing her, in 2004 she fled to the UK and claimed asylum. The following year, at a 'free Burma' march, she was plucked from the crowd to appear on the BBC, the first of countless interviews with the world's media. She became the face of a nation enslaved, rubbing shoulders with presidents and film stars. By turns uplifting, tragic and entirely gripping, this is the extraordinary true story of the girl from the jungle who became an icon of a suffering land.

Heaven-born in Burma: The daily round

Author : Maurice Maybury
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Heaven-born in Burma: The daily round written by Maurice Maybury and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Quartermaster Professional Bulletin

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Quartermaster Professional Bulletin written by and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Undaunted

Author : Zoya Phan
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439134731
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Undaunted written by Zoya Phan and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-05-04 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once a royal kingdom and then part of the British Empire, Burma long held sway in the Western imagination as a mythic place of great beauty. In recent times, Burma has been torn apart and isolated by one of the most brutal dictatorships in the world. Now, Zoya of the, a young member ofthe Karen tribe in Burma, bravely comes forward with her astonishingly vivid story of growing up in the idyllic green mansions of the jungle, and her violent displacement by the military junta that has controlled the country for almost a half century. This same cadre has also relentlessly hunted Zoya and her family across borders and continents. Undaunted tells of Zoya’s riveting adventures, from her unusual childhood in a fascinating remote culture, to her years on the run, to her emergence as an activist icon. Named for a courageous Russian freedom fighter of World War II, Zoya was fourteen when Burmese aircraft bombed her peaceful village, forcing her and her family to flee through the jungles to a refugee camp just over the border in Thailand. After being trapped in refugee camps for years in poverty and despair, her family scattered: as her father became more deeply involved in the struggle for freedom, Zoya and her sister left their mother in the camp to go to a college in Bangkok to which they had won scholarships. But even as she attended classes, Zoya, the girl from the jungle, had to dodge police and assume an urban disguise, as she was technically an illegal immigrant and subject to deportation. Although, following graduation, she obtained a comfortable job with a major communications company in Bangkok, Zoya felt called back to Burma to help her mother and her people, millions of whom still have to live on the run today in order to survive—in fact, more villages have been destroyed in eastern Burma than in Darfur, Sudan. After a plot to kill her was uncovered, in 2004 Zoya escaped to the United Kingdom, where she began speaking at political conferences and demonstrations—a mission made all the more vital by her father’s assassination in 2008 by agents of the Burmese regime. Like Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Zoya has become a powerful spokesperson against oppressors, undaunted by dangers posed to her life. Zoya’s love of her people, their land, and their way of life fuels her determination to survive, and in Undaunted she hauntingly brings to life a lost culture and world, putting faces to the stories of the numberless innocent victims of Burma’s military

Forged in the Jungles of Burma

Author : D. C. Shaftoe
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1450244440
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book Forged in the Jungles of Burma written by D. C. Shaftoe and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2010-08-10 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Brock is a British spy who knows something his enemies are desperate to learn. After being forcibly abducted and transported to Burma for interrogation, he finds himself imprisoned with an unlikely cellmate. Caroline Wells is a Canadian widow waylaid and imprisoned by the cruel military junta oppressing Burma. Bereaved yet seeking a new purpose in life, she has relied on her faith to survive her captivity so far, but her hope has been waning. Now, with Brock as a cellmate, she sees change ahead for both of them. These two people from very different worlds must now learn to trust each other enough to find a way out of prison and out of Burma, pursued all the while by soldiers, leopards, and foreign spies. What love can be forged in the jungles of Burma?

Nowhere to Be Home

Author : Maggie Lemere
Publisher : Haymarket Books
ISBN 13 : 1642595543
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Nowhere to Be Home written by Maggie Lemere and published by Haymarket Books. This book was released on 2023-06-15 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Decades of military oppression in Burma have led to the systematic destruction of thousands of ethnic minority villages, a standing army with one of the world’s highest number of child soldiers, and the displacement of millions of people. Nowhere to Be Home is an eye-opening collection of oral histories exposing the realities of life under military rule. In their own words, men and women from Burma describe their lives in the country that Human Rights Watch has called “the textbook example of a police state.”

Bamboo People

Author : Mitali Perkins
Publisher : Charlesbridge
ISBN 13 : 1607342278
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (73 download)

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Download or read book Bamboo People written by Mitali Perkins and published by Charlesbridge. This book was released on 2012-07-01 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two Burmese boys, one a Karenni refugee and the other the son of an imprisoned Burmese doctor, meet in the jungle and in order to survive they must learn to trust each other.

American Refuge

Author : Diya Abdo
Publisher : Steerforth Press / Truth to Power
ISBN 13 : 1586423436
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (864 download)

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Download or read book American Refuge written by Diya Abdo and published by Steerforth Press / Truth to Power. This book was released on 2022-09-06 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A moving and timely book that strips away misleading politics to reveal the complexities of real human lives." — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A provocative, conversation-sparking exploration of refugee experiences told in their own words, for readers of Karla Cornejo Villavicencio’s The Undocumented Americans and Viet Thanh Nguyen Forced to leave their homes, they came to America... In this intimate and eye-opening book, Diya Abdo--daughter of refugees, U.S. immigrant, English professor, and activist—shares the stories of seven refugees. Coming from around the world, they’re welcomed by Every Campus A Refuge (ECAR), an organization Diya founded to leverage existing resources at colleges to provide temporary shelter to refugee families. Bookended by Diya’s powerful essay "Radical Hospitality" and the inspiring coda “Names and Numbers,” each chapter weaves the individual stories into a powerful journey along a common theme: Life Before (“The Body Leaves its Soul Behind”) The Moment of Rupture (“Proof and Persecution”) The Journey (“Right Next Door”) Arrival/Resettlement (“Back to the Margins”) A Few Years Later (“From Camp to Campus”) The lives explored in American Refuge include the artist who, before he created the illustration on the cover of this book, narrowly escaped two assassination attempts in Iraq and now works at Tyson cutting chicken. We learn that these refugees from Burma, Burundi, Iraq, Palestine, Syria, and Uganda lived in homes they loved, left against their will, moved to countries without access or rights, and were among the 1% of the "lucky" few to resettle after a long wait, almost certain never to return to the homes they never wanted to leave. We learn that anybody, at any time, can become a refugee.

Finding George Orwell in Burma

Author : Emma Larkin
Publisher : Portobello Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9781847084026
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Finding George Orwell in Burma written by Emma Larkin and published by Portobello Books Limited. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A brilliant political travelogue that uses Burma to explain Orwell and Orwell to explain what life is really like under the authoritarian rule of the Burmese generals.

Chynthe Road

Author : Daphne McGrath
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780980500349
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Chynthe Road written by Daphne McGrath and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Daphne McGrath was just a young girl when Japanese forces invaded her homeland of Burma. It was the start of a fight for survival that makes for incredible reading Coast resident Daphne McGrath has lived a life less ordinary. Born in Rangoon, her childhood was centred on Burma - where her father worked in police/local government administration - but was influenced by wide travels, from living on an English houseboat to attending boarding school in the Himalayas and staying in Germany in the years when the Nazi Party was on the rise. She even caused a "minor international incident" in Peking when she wandered away from the school where she was staying to live with circus people and was falsely thought to have been abducted. Globetrotting aside, Daphne's fondest memories are of the Burmese people, places and pastimes, from games of chin lone and delicacies such as jaggery (caramelised sugarcane) to her pet elephant, Pungu.

Zealous Love

Author : Mike Yankoski
Publisher : HarperChristian + ORM
ISBN 13 : 0310565588
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Zealous Love written by Mike Yankoski and published by HarperChristian + ORM. This book was released on 2010-01-05 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christians who are passionate about helping others—but aren’t sure where or how to focus their energy—will find much to love about Zealous Love. Authors Mike and Danae Yankoski have written just what Christians need to integrate compassion and justice into their lives. “Our hope,” they write, “is that God will work through this book … to help direct your life so that you can act on tangible concern for neighbors in need, both globally and locally. That’s the prayer knit into every sentence, every word, of Zealous Love.” Zealous Love introduces eight of the world’s most pressing challenges: hunger, unclean water, HIV/AIDS, creation degradation, lack of education, economic inequality, refugees, and human trafficking. But it does more than educate. It provides real, practical, do-able steps anyone can take to help make a difference.

Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma: A Tale of the Burmese Jungle

Author : G. Norway
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (596 download)

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Download or read book Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma: A Tale of the Burmese Jungle written by G. Norway and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-23 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 'Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma: A Tale of the Burmese Jungle' by G. Norway, readers are taken on a thrilling journey through the exotic and mysterious jungles of Burma. The book is a captivating blend of mystery, adventure, and cultural exploration, written in a descriptive and engaging literary style that vividly brings the setting to life. Set against the backdrop of British colonial rule in the early 20th century, the novel provides insight into the complex dynamics of power and identity in a foreign land, while also delving into themes of survival and redemption. Norway's portrayal of the Burmese landscape and its inhabitants is both insightful and respectful, offering readers a nuanced perspective on the colonial experience. G. Norway, known for his extensive travels and deep interest in cultural anthropology, brings a wealth of knowledge and authenticity to 'Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma'. His experiences in Southeast Asia and background in storytelling make him uniquely qualified to craft a narrative that seamlessly blends adventure and cultural exploration. Through his writing, Norway seeks to challenge readers' perceptions of colonialism and create a greater understanding of the complexities of cross-cultural interactions. For readers who enjoy historical fiction, adventure stories, or tales of exotic lands, 'Ralph Denham's Adventures in Burma' is a must-read. With its richly drawn characters, evocative setting, and compelling storyline, this novel offers a captivating glimpse into a bygone era and a fascinating culture.

Miss Burma

Author : Charmaine Craig
Publisher : Grove Press
ISBN 13 : 0802189520
Total Pages : 359 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (21 download)

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Download or read book Miss Burma written by Charmaine Craig and published by Grove Press. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 359 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Craig wields powerful and vivid prose to illuminate a country and a family trapped not only by war and revolution, but also by desire and loss.” —Viet Thanh Nguyen, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Miss Burma tells the story of modern-day Burma through the eyes of Benny and Khin, husband and wife, and their daughter Louisa. After attending school in Calcutta, Benny settles in Rangoon, then part of the British Empire, and falls in love with Khin, a woman who is part of a long-persecuted ethnic minority group, the Karen. World War II comes to Southeast Asia, and Benny and Khin must go into hiding in the eastern part of the country during the Japanese occupation, beginning a journey that will lead them to change the country’s history. Years later, Benny and Khin’s eldest child, Louisa, has a danger-filled, tempestuous childhood and reaches prominence as Burma’s first beauty queen soon before the country falls to dictatorship. As Louisa navigates her newfound fame, she is forced to reckon with her family’s past, the West’s ongoing covert dealings in her country, and her own loyalty to the cause of the Karen people. Based on the story of the author’s mother and grandparents, Miss Burma is a captivating portrait of how modern Burma came to be and of the ordinary people swept up in the struggle for self-determination and freedom. “At once beautiful and heartbreaking . . . An incredible family saga.” —Refinery29 “Miss Burma charts both a political history and a deeply personal one—and of those incendiary moments when private and public motivations overlap.” —Los Angeles Times

From the Land of Green Ghosts

Author : Pascal Khoo Thwe
Publisher : Harper Perennial
ISBN 13 : 9780060505233
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (52 download)

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Download or read book From the Land of Green Ghosts written by Pascal Khoo Thwe and published by Harper Perennial. This book was released on 2003-12-02 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1988, Dr. John Casey, a professor visiting Burma, meets a waiter in Mandalay with a passion for the works of James Joyce, and the encounter changes both their lives. Pascal, a member of the Kayan Padaung tribe, was the first member of his community to study English at a university. Within months of his meeting with Dr. Casey, Pascal's world lay in ruins. Burma's military dictatorship forces him to sacrifice his studies, and the regime's brutal armed forces murder his lover. Fleeing to the jungle, he becomes a guerrilla fighter in the life-or-death struggle against the government. In desperation, he writes a letter to the Englishman he met in Mandalay. Miraculously reaching its destination, the letter leads to Pascal's rescue and his enrollment in Cambridge University, where he is the first Burmese tribesman ever to attend. From the Land of Green Ghosts unforgettably evokes the realities of life in modern-day Burma and one man's long journey to freedom despite almost unimaginable odds.