Beyond the Chindwin - Being an Account of the Adventures of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma, 1943

Published by Collins, London, 1962, 256 pages, but last two pages of index (pp 255-256 from N) missing and half of back endpaper also missing and replaced. Ex library, no dustwrapper, top and bottom of spine worn.

An account of Number Five Column of the Wingate Expedition into Burma, 1943. Over fifty years after its first publication, this account of a remarkable expedition still stands as a classic. For those who took part, the Wingate Expedition was a watershed in their lives. Bernard Fergusson was one of the men whose whole perception of life and values were changed by the experience, and by the charisma of its leader, Orde Wingate. Written in 12 days, merely a year after the events themselves, the narrative is as exciting and immediate as a novel....