Road of Bones. Fergal Keane

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Название Road of Bones
Автор произведения Fergal Keane
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      ROAD OF BONES

      THE SIEGE OF KOHIMA 1944

      THE EPIC STORY OF THE LAST

      GREAT STAND OF EMPIRE

      FERGAL KEANE

       COPYRIGHT

      William Collins

      An imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers Ltd 1 London Bridge Street London SE1 9GF www.harpercollins.co.uk

      First published in Great Britain by HarperPress in 2010

      Copyright © Fergal Keane 2010

      Fergal Keane asserts the moral right to

      be identified as the author of this work

      A catalogue record for this book

      is available from the British Library

      Maps by Hugh Bicheno

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      Source ISBN 9780007132409

      Ebook Edition © JULY 2013 ISBN 9780007439867

      Version 2019-03-21

       DEDICATION

       In memory of John Shipster, soldier.

      CONTENTS

       Cover

       Title Page

       8 The Master of the Mountains

       9 The Hour of the Warrior

       10 Sato San

       11 Into the Mountains

       12 Flap

       13 Onslaught

       14 To the Last Man

       15 Siege

       16 ‘Hey! Johnny, Let Me Through’

       17 Over the Mountain

       18 Dreams Dying

       19 The Black Thirteenth

       20 A Question of Time

       21 The Last Hill

       22 Attrition

       23 The Trials of Victory, and Defeat

       24 The Road of Bones

       25 When the War Is Over

       26 The Quiet Fathers

       Epilogue: After Hatred

       Select Bibliography

       Index

       Acknowledgements

       About the Author

       Notes and Sources

       Chronology