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October 1941. Twenty-one-year-old Alan Mart is posted to India and taken under the wing of the dogmatic, overbearing Acting-Captin Sam Holl. Following the Japanese advance on Singapore, the men are deployed to Malaya. What follows is a quietly shattering and searingly authentic depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare and the futility of war.

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"A visceral depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare." * Radio Times *
"A tremendous rediscovery of a brilliant novel. Extremely well written, its effects are both sophisticated and visceral. Remarkable." -- William Boyd
"One of the most absorbing and painful books about jungle warfare that I have read." -- V. S. Naipaul

Trial By Battle

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    A Paperback / softback by David Piper

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      Publisher: Imperial War Museum
      Publication Date: 05/09/2019
      ISBN13: 9781912423088, 978-1912423088
      ISBN10: 1912423081
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      October 1941. Twenty-one-year-old Alan Mart is posted to India and taken under the wing of the dogmatic, overbearing Acting-Captin Sam Holl. Following the Japanese advance on Singapore, the men are deployed to Malaya. What follows is a quietly shattering and searingly authentic depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare and the futility of war.

      Trade Review
      "A visceral depiction of the claustrophobia of jungle warfare." * Radio Times *
      "A tremendous rediscovery of a brilliant novel. Extremely well written, its effects are both sophisticated and visceral. Remarkable." -- William Boyd
      "One of the most absorbing and painful books about jungle warfare that I have read." -- V. S. Naipaul

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