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''Defeat into Victory'' is an account of the retaking of Burma by Allied forces during the Second World War by the British Field Marshal William Slim and published in the UK by Cassell in 1956. It was published in the United States as ''Defeat into Victory: Battling Japan in Burma and India, 1942-1945'' by David McKay of New York in 1961. Slim was the commander of the British 14th Army which, in concert with American and Chinese forces, defeated the Imperial Japanese Army during the Burma Campaign. ''Defeat into Victory'' is widely regarded as a classic memoir of high command. ==Structure== In the original 1956 edition,〔Slim, William (1956) ''Defeat into Victory'' (Cassell: London) pp. ix-x〕 Slim divided his work chronologically into six 'books' entitled: *Defeat *Forging the Weapon *The Weapon is Tested *The Tide Turns *The Decisive Battle *Victory This structure, examining the Allied victory in terms of the resurrection of the British and Indian Armies' fighting prowess, has proved influential in the historiography of the Burma campaign. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Defeat into Victory」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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