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Among the Headhunters

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

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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 21 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.

©2016 Robert Lyman (P)2016 Tantor Asia Ciencias Sociales Demografía Específica Estudios de Pueblos Indígenas Fuerzas Armadas Fuerzas Aéreas Guerras y Conflictos Japón Militar Segunda Guerra Mundial Sudeste de Asia Guerra Japón imperial Imperialismo

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I enjoyed this book, but very little of it involved the story described in the marketing blurb. The description of the plane disaster was dramatic, but once the passengers and pilots parachuted to the ground, the fearsome headhunters turned out to be pretty friendly, and there was no indication of Japanese soldiers anywhere in the area.

One large section of the book was devoted to American concerns that the Chinese Nationalists were siphoning war aid into their own pockets or using it to fight communists rather than the Japanese. Another large section described British military expeditions to punish headhunters in the decades before the war. I found all of this interesting, but it was marketed deceptively.

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I was drawn to the story because my father flew with the ATC during WW2. He did not fly "the hump", but nevertheless had intriguing and harrowing stories of his time flying supplies and troops to many exotic places during the war. I was therefore quite disappointed when the story turned out to be ACTUALLY a very biased account of British colonial rule in India. It only very superficially mentioned the survival and eventual rescue of members of flight 1422. The story ended up being interesting but was not as advertised

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This book is an accurate account of a ww2 plane crash and rescue. Also information on local Naga Tribes.

Great!!

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this book was miserable to try to get through, dry as a bone. I could understand going back to give a brief overview of the tribes in the area, but the whole damn book is about that time. this is pitched as a survival story for plane crash victims, that is not what it is

2/3 of the book has nothing to do with the topic.

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