“People brought up on Kipling’s “Road to Mandalay”, ” writes Mr. Harvey, “had a shock in 1942, when they read of our troops in Burma as they fell back before the Japanese in the blinding heat and glare, being refused a welcome , nay, being attacked in the villages though which they passed.” Despite a nation-wide interest in the subject, sustained by the magnificent exploits of the 14th Army, there must still be very few people who can claim andy real knowledge of the county, its people and its history.