| Title:
The
Moonlight War – The Story of Clandestine Operations
in South-East Asia, 1944-5 by Terence O’Brien |
|
Description:
This
thrilling and controversial war memoir is a first-hand
account of the clandestine operations which took place
against the Japanese in South-East Asia in 1944-5. The
author was in command of a Dakota flight based in Jessore,
from which missions were flown throughout Burma, Siam,
Indo-China and northern Malaya. Through a wealth of brilliantly
told stories both in the air and on the ground, the author
reveals that these operations were, in the main a scandalous
waste of life and resources. Plans were so shrouded in
secrecy that they tended to be exclusive and reckless.
There were instances of duplication, long perilous flights
occasioned by the jealousy and isolation of different
secret outfits. The difficulties of making contact with
SOE and MI6 units in enemy occupied territory along with
the hazards of terrain and bad weather. It is an unnoticed
fact that the casualties in the aircrew were far higher
than the men they dropped. This book is an authentic formal
record of the subject which has remained virtually untreated.
|
| Author:
Terence
O’Brien was born in Maitland, New South Wales. He worked
on a coconut plantation in the Solomon Islands when WWII
broke out. Paying his own passage to the UK he joined the
RAF, and completed two tours over Europe before Japan entered
the war. After an escape from Singapore, he joined the Wingate
force and landed behind the lines with a Ghurkha group.
He later became flight commander of a Special Duty squadron.
After the war he became a journalist, Teacher and built
a small hotel. His previous books include ‘Out of the
Blue – A Pilot with the Chindits’. |
| Binding:
Hardcover. |
| Date
Published:
First published 1987. |
Edition:
This
edition 1987 |
| Jacket
Condition: Very
good condition with pictured dust cover which is protected
by plastic cover. Has library label on spine. |
| Book
Condition:
Very good condition containing 363 pages, all of which is
written text. Although this is an ex library copy it is
in very good condition. Has library stamp on inside and
usual wear. |
| Publisher:
William Collins Sons & Co, London. |
| ISBN:
0-00-217803-6 |
| Size
& Weight: 22.2
cm x 14 cm (H x W). 4 cm thick. |
