"Stilwell's campaigns in the China-Burma-India theater (CBI) were fought mostly by American infantrymen who, more by chance than design, found themselves fighting a "forgotten war." The distance from home and the sparse media coverage contributed to the ease in which this campaign faded from public awareness. There were no sweeping armored thrusts to report. There were no great battles of encirclement, either. It was battle at its most primitive, pitting ground soldiers against each other in harsh conditions of climate and terrain. It was a war in which the main ground supply and transportation routes depended on mules and horses." "Stilwell's campaigns continued throughout the end of the war and resulted in the opening of the overland route to China. Prefer's masterful account of Stilwell's campaigns sheds much needed light on this crucial theater of World War II."--BOOK JACKET.