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    Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle
    Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle
    Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle
    Audiobook8 hours

    Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle

    Written by Robert Lyman

    Narrated by Derek Perkins

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    Flying the notorious "hump route" between India and China in 1943, a twin-engine plane suffered mechanical failure and crashed in a dense mountain jungle. Among the passengers and crew were celebrated CBS journalist Eric Sevareid, a Soviet double-agent posing as an OSS operative, and General Joseph "Vinegar Joe" Stilwell's personal political adviser. Against the odds, all but one of the twenty-one people aboard the aircraft survived-but they fell from the frying pan into the fire. They landed in wild countryside dominated by the Nagas, notorious headhunters who routinely practiced slavery and human sacrifice. Japanese soldiers lay close by, too, with their own brand of hatred for Americans. Among the Headhunters is the first account of this incredible story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTantor Media, Inc
    Release dateJun 7, 2016
    ISBN9781515974345
    Among the Headhunters: An Extraordinary World War II Story of Survival in the Burmese Jungle
    Author

    Robert Lyman

    Robert Lyman was for twenty years an officer in the British Army. Educated at Scotch College, Melbourne and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, he has degrees from the Universities of York, Wales, London and Cranfield. His previous books are Slim, Master of War: Burma and the Birth of Modern Warfare, First Victory: Britain's Forgotten Struggle in the Middle East, The Generals: Leadership in the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 and The Longest Siege: Tobruk - The Battle That Saved North Africa.

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      Puts colonization of certain tribes in a different light. Dragged at times, however interesting story and shows a different side of human nature.