Either the radio had packed up or they were on the wrong wavelength, leaving the men cut off from base in the sweltering heat of Upper Burma. It was March 13, 1944, and they were just two days into a ...

THE SIEGE (211 pp.)−Arthur Campbell−Macmillan ($3). In British army lingo of the Far East, “I-Wallah” means intelligence officer. He keeps the books of combat and, as far as possible, tries to make ...