"Field Marshal Viscount Slim (1891-1970) led shattered British forces from Burma to India in one of the lesser-known but more nightmarish retreats of World War II. He then restored his army's fighting capabilities and morale with virtually no support from home and counterattacked. His army's slaughter of Japanese troops ultimately liberated India and Burma. The first edition of Defeat Into Victory, published in 1956, was an immediate sensation selling 20,000 copies within a few days. This is an updated version with a new introduction by David W. Hogan Jr."-- From Goodreads.com.

USMC Commandant's Professional Reading List 2021 -- CWO3, CWO4, MAJ, LTCOL. Includes index. Includes maps of: Burma and Neighbouring Countries; Southern Burma; Central Burma; Japanese Invasion Routes, Burma, 1942; Northern Burma; Eastern India; North Arakan; Lines of Communication to the Burma Fronts, 1943-1944; Southeast Asia Operations Planned for 1944; Battle of Ngakyedauk; Northern Front; Japanese Invasion Routes, Burma, 1944; Kohima; Imphal Area; Advance to Chindwin; Battle of Meiktila; Advance in Arakan; Northern Front, August 1944-March 1945; Battle of Central Burma; Advance to Rangoon; Japanese Breakout.

Book I. Defeat. Into Burma -- First impressions -- A chapter of misfortunes -- Disaster -- Evacuation -- Aftermath -- Book II. Forging the weapon. The three v’s -- The First Arakan Campaign -- The foundations -- Book III. The weapon is tested. The best-laid plans -- Pattern for victory -- The Northern Front -- Book IV. The tide turns. How it was planned -- How it happened -- Attrition pursuit -- Book V. The decisive battle. Approach to the Irrawaddy -- Crossing the Irrawaddy -- The vital thrust -- The Battle of the Irrawaddy shore -- Book VI. Victory. The race to Rangoon -- The last battle -- Afterthoughts.