tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552303056662924649.post6298166818179019582..comments2017-07-10T21:05:39.554+01:00Comments on Martin Wingfield: One for the anoraks & the road to WembleyMartin Wingfieldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14219217662313871409noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552303056662924649.post-45740912046513665662007-10-09T17:06:00.000+01:002007-10-09T17:06:00.000+01:00I can thoroughly recommend John Clay's biography o...I can thoroughly recommend John Clay's biography of Masters "John Masters: A Regimented Life". Also Masters' two autobiographies "A Tiger and a Bugle" and "The Road Past Mandalay" which deals with the Burma campaign.<BR/>I had found the Clay book very hard to come by - over £100 second hand on Amazon. Then one Saturday shopping with the wife in Carlisle, I ducked into the library for some respite, asked for it at the counter and they found me a copy.Martin Wingfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14219217662313871409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8552303056662924649.post-13487245877846894102007-10-09T16:30:00.000+01:002007-10-09T16:30:00.000+01:00"One of my favourite authors is John Masters who s..."One of my favourite authors is John Masters who served in the 4th Prince of Wales' Own Gurkha Rifles in Afghanistan before the Second World War."<BR/><BR/>Indeed, who could forget the "Nightrunners of Bengal"?<BR/><BR/>Max Hastings, Tory backwoodsman of apparently limited understanding of the bigger picture, nevertheless is an excellent military writer and wrote a splendid chapter about Masters in "Warriors". He was with the Chindits in Burma, a fundamentally flawed operation which resulted in heavy casualties to doubtful gain. Whilst a relatively junior officer, a Major, he commanded a Brigade in chaotic circumstances and was instrumental in minimising casualties and getting men out who wouldn't have survived otherwise.<BR/><BR/>It was said that Wingate and most of his officers were mad, like the political "leadership" we have now then, excepting in terms of courage of course.alfredthegreat878https://www.blogger.com/profile/05587455416983046580noreply@blogger.com