false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176500910m/631254.jpg 631254 1 <p>As the Imperial Japanese Army swept across China and South Asia at World War II's outset, closing all of China's seaports, more than 200,000 Chinese laborers embarked on a seemingly impossible task: to cut a 700-mile overland route -- the Burma Road -- from the southwest Chinese city of Kunming to Lashio, Burma. But when Burma fell in 1942, the Burma Road was severed. As the first step of the Allied offensive toward Japan, American general Joseph Stilwell reopened it, while, at the same time, keeping China supplied by air-lift from India and simultaneously driving the Japanese out of Burma.</p> <p>From the breathtaking adventures of the American "Hump" pilots who flew hair-raising missions over the Himalayas to make food-drops in China to the true story of the mission that inspired the famous film <em>The Bridge on the River Kwai</em>, to the grueling jungle operations of Merrill's Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades, <em>The Burma Road</em> vividly re-creates the sprawling, sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and still largely unknown stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II.</p> 617571 1 9 2004 The Burma Road: The Epic Story of the China-Burma-India Theater in World War II (P.S.) total:19|5:3|4:7|3:8|2:1|1:0| 19 69 37 5 4 0 false false Sun Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 08:30:39 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 08:44:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Fri Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 00:29:35 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 18 22:28:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 03:28:44 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 13 03:31:39 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Mar 07 12:35:27 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 07 12:36:29 -0800 2008 3 0 true false Tue Jan 29 11:02:16 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 11:04:13 -0800 2008 3 0 false false Fri Nov 20 14:23:23 -0800 2009 Fri Nov 20 14:23:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 11 04:11:58 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 11 04:12:10 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 10 13:54:58 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 10 13:54:58 -0800 2009 3 0 false false Mon Nov 02 14:32:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 02 14:32:41 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Oct 16 15:39:31 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 15:39:31 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Sep 27 21:24:32 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 27 21:24:50 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 29 11:31:02 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 12:29:24 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 29 11:31:02 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Aug 03 18:32:30 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 18:32:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 13 10:29:09 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 10:29:09 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 09 14:44:44 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 05 14:23:49 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 09 14:44:44 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Apr 16 18:23:45 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 18:23:45 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Thu Apr 16 07:23:48 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 16 07:23:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Mar 02 22:18:25 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 02 22:18:25 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Mon Feb 16 14:49:21 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 08 08:02:40 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Feb 11 18:54:32 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 11 18:54:40 -0800 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=631254