A Cool Head in Hell - The Wartime Diaries of a British Doctor from Dunkirk to the Burma Railway

Harry Silman joined the British army in 1939. As a medicalofficer under bombardment on the beaches of Dunkirk in 1940, he was one of the last soldiers to be shipped out during the mass retreat.

When Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, his division was assigned to assist in the defence
> His diaries, arguably one of the most comprehensive surviving contemporaneous accounts of this period of World War Two, have been edited with great care and illuminating commentary by his daughter, Jacqueline Passman.

A propos de l'auteur

Jacqueline Passman taught in both mainstream and deaf education. She acted as an Independent Person in adjudication for children in care, and as an expert witness regarding deaf issues. The discovery of her father Harry Silman's wartime diary sparked her recent interest in the experiences of POWs in the Far East, and she gives regular illustrated talks on this subject.

Résumé

Dr Harry Silman’s WW2 diaries, detailing life as a POW tending to fellow combatants during forced labour on the Burma Railway. Edited with historical context.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Harry Silman
• Collaboration: Jacqueline Passman (Editeur)
• Edition: Extraordinary Books
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Relié
• Sortie: 01.04.2026
• EAN: 9781917569064
• ISBN: 978-1-917569-06-4
• Pages: 208
• Dimensions: 144 mm x 223 mm x 25 mm
• Poids: 318 g
• Illustrations: 2 Maps
• Catégorie: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes