- Hardcover: 378 pages
- Publisher: The Reprint Society; 8th Impression edition (1950)
- Language English
- ASIN: B0007J2PCK
- Product Dimensions: 18.2 x 12.8 x 2.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
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26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
One of the most prized books in my collection, which includes 3 Spencer Chapman titles, has to be 'The Jungle is Neutral'. Forget the awful rash of 'S.A.S' and special forces books which have cashed in over recent years, this book is the real thing and makes today's elite soldiers look like boasting boy scouts. F.Spencer Chapman, DSO recounts in a very matter-of-fact and unsensational way, his years spent training local militias and fighting the Japanese in the jungles of Malaya during WWII.
The story he tells however is anything but unsensational - I can't begin to describe the hardships and near-death experiences Chapman survives, but they include several bouts of Malaria, capture by Sikh soldiers (which he sees as a kind of 'Boys Own' type adventure) oh, and he's also shot a couple of times for good measure. Chapman's resourcefulness and his sheer mental and physical strength and determination are beyond belief - his orienteering skills are incredible, his guerilla tactics revolutionary - he even lies up within yards of his jungle hideout when he knows he's going to be attacked just so he can observe the enemy's tactics. I'm not sure about the history of the Wingate and his Chindits or Sterling and his SAS but surely Chapman and the Special Training School 101 must have been the pioneers of special forces and hearts and minds type warfare (I'm pretty sure this is the manual of jungle warfare referred to in the book "Devil's Guard"). If you were impressed with Chapman's courage and endurance after reading 'Helvellyn to Himalayas' then read this book and be further amazed.
I don't care what other books on special forces or great soldiers you've read before, buy this one, I ABSOLUTELY GUARANTEE it will leave you in complete awe and disbelief of this incredible man - a book that you will remember for the rest of your life.
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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I can only wholeheartedly endorse the words of the previous reviewer; this book is quite outstanding.
I first read this book lying on a beach on a very small island off the west coast of Malaysia called Pangkor Laut. It was from this same island that some fifty years earlier Spencer Chapman finally left Malaya and boarded a submarine to safety after three years living in the jungles of Malaya conducting a private guerilla war against the Japanese.
This books deals with the fall of Malaya,the planned "fifth columnists", and Spencer Chapman's incredible efforts in not only trying to survive in the most inhospitable environment but to continue to bring the war to the Japanese occupying forces. Spencer Chapman suffers unbelievable hardships but somehow manages to live and fight on. This book is monumental.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
"This is a story of endurance and survival beyond the normal human capacity for survival". (Field Marshal Earl Wavell).
An enthralling account of a fighter, with the Herculean task of one-man guerrilla warfare against the Japanese arsenal in the Malaysian peninsula, between 1941 and the end of hostilities.
Colonel Spencer Chapman survives multiple wounding, capture by Japanese troops and Chinese bandits, pneumonia, typhus and the death of his comrades through; " not any specific disease, but because they lacked the right mental attitude".
You are left with no doubt that this is and exceptional man with and exceptionally gritty story.
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Great value
Bought this for my father who read it many years ago. He couldn't believe how cheap it was and for a hardback!
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Greta value and service.
Published on 5 Sep 2009 by Hazel
Behind the lines
I have it on the authority of one who was there, in the jungles, back then (and even clapped eyes on FSC himself), that this book is the best - `a classic in jungle survival. Read more
Published on 8 May 2009 by Essex Girl
sad son of freddie
I read this wonderful book after meeting his son on a beach in Asia.
He complained that his father never got the recognition and fame that came to Lawrence of Arabia, though... Read more
He complained that his father never got the recognition and fame that came to Lawrence of Arabia, though... Read more
Published on 4 Oct 2004 by foureyes
Chris Ryan eat your heart out!
A fantastic book, and an insightful read. One of the most important books about early guerilla warfare, as well as an autobiographical account of one man's battle with the... Read more
Published on 2 Nov 2003 by "leo74"
Against Both The Malayan Jungle And The Japanese
The book is as unique as the author was amongst British officers in pre-war Malaya. He saw it all coming and despite official scepticism, managed to establish a fledgling guerrilla... Read more
Published on 20 May 2003 by Bob Jenkins
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