ePub The Heart of Islam: Enduring Values for Humanity by Seyyed Hossein Nasr in History

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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.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 The Bridge on the River Kwai; to the grueling jungle operations of Merrill's Marauders and the British Chindit Brigades; The Burma Road vividly re-creates the sprawling; sometimes hilarious; often harrowing; and still largely unknown stories of one of the greatest chapters of World War II.