Now the Hell Will Start
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Now the Hell Will Start: One Soldier's Flight from the Greatest Manhunt of World War II is a 2008 book by United States author Brendan I. Koerner
. It is a non-fiction narrative investigating and recounting the story of Herman Perry
, an African-American World War II
soldier stationed in the China-Burma-India theatre of the war. Perry killed a white officer while helping construct the Ledo Road
. He subsequently retreated into the Indo-Burmese wilderness and joined a tribe of the headhunting Nagas
, successfully joining one village and marrying the fourteen year old daughter of one of the tribesmen.
It also relates some of the history of the CBI theatre as it pertains to Herman Perry's, as well as explores the injustices of the Jim Crow
mentality and policies carried out by the military during World War II.
Brendan I. Koerner
Brendan I. Koerner is a contributing editor for Wired magazine and a columnist for both The New York Times and Slate magazine.He sometimes writes using the pseudonym "Mr...
. It is a non-fiction narrative investigating and recounting the story of Herman Perry
Herman Perry
Herman Perry was an American World War II soldier, convicted murderer, and fugitive from the army in India and Burma....
, an African-American World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
soldier stationed in the China-Burma-India theatre of the war. Perry killed a white officer while helping construct the Ledo Road
Ledo Road
The Ledo Road was built during World War II so that the Western Allies could supply the Chinese as an alternative to the Burma Road which had been cut by the Japanese in 1942. It was renamed the Stilwell Road in early 1945 at the suggestion of Chiang Kai-shek...
. He subsequently retreated into the Indo-Burmese wilderness and joined a tribe of the headhunting Nagas
Naga people
The term Naga people refers to a conglomeration of several tribes inhabiting the North Eastern part of India and north-western Burma. The tribes have similar cultures and traditions, and form the majority ethnic group in the Indian state of Nagaland...
, successfully joining one village and marrying the fourteen year old daughter of one of the tribesmen.
It also relates some of the history of the CBI theatre as it pertains to Herman Perry's, as well as explores the injustices of the Jim Crow
Jim Crow laws
The Jim Crow laws were state and local laws in the United States enacted between 1876 and 1965. They mandated de jure racial segregation in all public facilities, with a supposedly "separate but equal" status for black Americans...
mentality and policies carried out by the military during World War II.