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An Indian Story of the Second World War
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Aug 24, 2017Liber_vermis rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
This personal account of family members in the "Forgotten War" in north-eastern India; and northeastern Africa and the Levant is written with picture-painting prose and strong feeling. As the story is reconstructed, as the main characters were killed during the war, from the memories of soldiers-in-arms, personal letters, and military records, then the account occasionally feels contrived; and the threads of the three character's activities are sometimes confusing. This account is worth reading, in particular the Afterword, for the implications for contemporary events in these three areas of the globe. The book has two appendices, endnotes, a substantial bibliography, and an index.