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| Author | George MacDonald Fraser |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | memoir |
| Publisher | Harvill |
Publication date | 1993 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
Quartered Safe Out Here: A Recollection of the War in Burma is a militarymemoir ofWorld War II byGeorge MacDonald Fraser, the author ofThe Flashman Papers series of novels.Quartered Safe Out Here was first published in 1993.
It describes in graphic and memorable detail Fraser's experiences as a 19-year-oldprivate in 9th Battalion,The Border Regiment, fighting with the British14th Army against theImperial Japanese Army, during the latter stages of theBurma Campaign in late 1944 and 1945.[1] This included his participation in theBattle of Meiktila and Mandalay and theBattle of Pokoku and Irrawaddy River operations.
The military historian SirJohn Keegan wrote: "There is no doubt that it is one of the great personal memoirs of the Second World War."[2] Keegan gives similar praise to Norman Lewis'sNaples '44 memoir, later produced as a feature film. Fraser's book has also been praised by the English authorMelvyn Bragg and the American playwrightDavid Mamet.[3]
The book's title is a quotation fromRudyard Kipling's 1890 poem "Gunga Din",[4] and is ironic since Fraser certainly was not "quartered safe out here", while serving in Burma during one of the final campaigns of the war.
The book includes several criticisms of the state of Britain today. Fraser called it "an extremely politically incorrect book."[5]
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