Prisoners of The Japanese - POWs of World War II in the Pacific

Informationen zum Autor For fifteen years, Daws headed historical research on the Pacific region at the Institute for Advanced Studies at the Australian National University. He also served as Pacific member to the UNESCO Commission on the Scientific and Cultural History of Humankind. The author of eight previous books, including the best-selling Shoal of Time, Daws has also won international awards for documentary films. He lives with his wife in Honolulu. Klappentext Gavan Daws combined ten years of documentary research and hundreds of interviews with surrviving POWs to write this explosive, first-and-only account of the experiences of the Allied POWs of World War II. The Japanese Army took over 140,000 Allied prisoners, and one in four died the hands of their captors. Here Daws reveals the survivors' haunting experiences, from the atrocities perpetrated during the Bataan Death March and the building of the Burma-Siam railroad to descriptions of disease, torture, and execution. Zusammenfassung Gavan Daws combined ten years of documentary research and hundreds of interviews with surrviving POWs to write this explosive! first-and-only account of the experiences of the Allied POWs of World War II. The Japanese Army took over 140!000 Allied prisoners! and one in four died the hands of their captors. Here Daws reveals the survivors' haunting experiences! from the atrocities perpetrated during the Bataan Death March and the building of the Burma-Siam railroad to descriptions of disease! torture! and execution.

Product details

• Authors: Gavan Daws, Gavin Daws
• Publisher: William Morrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.01.1996
• EAN: 9780688143701
• ISBN: 978-0-688-14370-1
• No. of pages: 464
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 235 mm x 29 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, social and political philosophy, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Human rights, civil rights, Violence and abuse in society, Regional, state and other local government, HISTORY: General, HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: Military / World War II, HISTORY: WORLD WAR II, HISTORY: MILITARY, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Survival, PHILOSOPHY: Political, PHILOSOPHY: History & Surveys / General, HISTORY / Military, History / World War II