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July 19, 2024

Book Review: Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the World

Skies of Thunder: The Deadly World War II Mission over the Roof of the WorldMilitary History |
 
Author: Caroline Alexander
 
Reviewed by Dr. Heather Venable, course director, Airpower Strategy and Operations, Air Command and Staff College
 
Dr. Heather Venable, course director, Airpower Strategy and Operations, at the Air Command and Staff College, insightfully analyzes multifaceted author and translator Caroline Alexander’s latest history of the China-Burma-India Theater. Venable overviews the book’s four main elements and the two structural topics—the “ ‘Hump’ of the Himalayas” and the land bridge. She praises the author’s “beguiling human and geographical detail” that “brings the CBI Theater to life while casting a critical eye on the human frailties of her research subjects.”
 

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Keywords: World War II, China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater, Hump of the Himalayas, aviation, land bridge