Fighting Mad: One Man's Guerrilla War

Calvert, Michael

ISBN 10: 1844152243 / ISBN 13: 9781844152247

Published by Leo Cooper Ltd, 2005

About this Item

Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. An apparently unread copy in perfect condition. Dust cover is intact with no nicks or tears. Spine has no signs of creasing. Pages are clean and not marred by notes or folds of any kind.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Fighting Mad: One Man's Guerrilla War
• Publisher: Leo Cooper Ltd
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1844152243
• ISBN 13: 9781844152247
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Like New
• Weight: 350 grams

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Synopsis

Michael Calvert was one of the legendary figures of the Second World War. He hit the headlines as 'Mad Mike' after the first Chindit campaign in 1943, with a reputation as a tough and daring leader of guerrilla troops. He was one of the first men selected for the Chindits by the controversial General Orde Wingate. He became Wingate's right-hand man - both in fierce jungle fighting and in battles against stick-in-the-mud staff officers. His speciality was penetrating behind enemy lines. Mad Mike fought in the snow and ice of Norway, in the steaming jungles of Burma, and on the battlefields of Europe where in 1945 he commanded the crack Special Air Service Brigade.