“…war is not a matter of maps with red and blue arrows and oblongs, but of weary, thirsty men with sore feet and aching shoulders wondering where they are…”
—George MacDonald Fraser, QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE: A recollection of the War in Burma
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“QUARTERED SAFE OUT HERE… provides insight into what it takes an individual to survive, both (with luck) physically &, more importantly, ethically”
—retired Australian Army officer Jason Thomas on George MacDonald Fraser’s memoir of the WW2 Burma campaign
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https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/special-series/dusty-shelves/quartered-safe/
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It's been a while but the DUSTY SHELVES series is back with a new look at an older book. WAR ROOM welcomes Jason Thomas as he reviews Quartered Safe Out Here by George MacDonald Fraser. An intriguing look at the oft forgotten China Burma India Theater of World War II, MacDonald Fraser is a skilled author that relays the experiences of the men of The Border Regiment through his personal history as an infantryman in the Burma Campaign. Jason pulls out the book's lessons of unit cohesion, integrity, ethics and resilience that are timeless and useful to any military leader and deems Quartered Safe Out Here worthy of a dust off.
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