title: Rails of War: Supplying the Americans and Their Allies in China-Burma-India
author:  Steven James Hantzis 
description: This is an excellent recounting which should appeal to, and enlighten, readers interested in expanding their knowledge of events in the CBI Theater. Most impressive are Hantzis's in-depth knowledge of rail operations and their contribution to the overall war effort.(Colonel DJ Judge, USA Ret.,Winter 2018 edition ofOn Point - The Journal of Army History, 2018-01-01)<br /><br /><span>T</span><span>heRails of Warwas clearly a labour of love by Steven James Hantzis. His father served alongside other railroaders during the Second World War, battling in horrendous conditions in the China-Burma-India theatre. Hantzis attempts to describe this heroic struggle. He succeeds magnificently.</span><span> (</span><span>Peter Whitehead,</span><span></span>Asian Affairs<span>, the journal of the Royal Society for Asian Affairs, 2018-03-01.)</span>
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  Our Sailors
  
  
    
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER ONE. OUR SAILORS.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWO. WAR ON THE COAST OF SYRIA—1840.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER THREE. WARFARE IN CHINESE WATERS—1840-1842.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FOUR. CAPTURE OF A VENEZUELAN SQUADRON—FEBRUARY 1841.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FIVE. SUPPRESSION OF PIRACY IN BORNEO—RAJAH BROOKE.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SIX. WARFARE ON THE RIVERS LA PLATA AND PARANA.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SEVEN. EXPEDITION TO SAN JUAN DE NICARAGUA.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER EIGHT. THE DESTRUCTION OF LAGOS—26TH DECEMBER 1851.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER NINE. THE BURMESE WAR—1851-1852.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TEN. THE CRIMEAN WAR.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER ELEVEN. THE INDIAN MUTINY.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER TWELVE. THE SECOND CHINESE WAR—1856-1860.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER THIRTEEN. THE SLAVE TRADE.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FOURTEEN. THE RECAPTURE OF THE EMILY SAINT PIERRE BY CAPTAIN WILLIAM
  WILSON—1862.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER FIFTEEN. ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SIXTEEN. VOYAGE OF THE FOX.  
  
  
    
  [CHAPTER SEVENTEEN. THE EXPEDITION TO 