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Surviving the sword : prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45

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  • "World history: Second World War."@en
  • "Many prisoners held by the Japanese during WWII were so scarred by their experiences that afterwards they could not discuss them even with their families, believing their brutal treatment was literally incomprehensible. But some were determined that posterity should know how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death or transported on 'hellships, ' used as slave labour, and how thousands died from tropical diseases. They risked torture or execution to keep secret diaries and make drawings that they hid wherever they could, sometimes in the graves of lost comrades. The diaries tell of inhumanity and degradation, but there are also inspirational stories of courage, comradeship and compassion. When men have unwillingly plumbed the depths of human misery, said one prisoner, the artist Ronald Searle, they form a silent understanding of what solidarity, friendship and kindness to others can mean. The diaries and interviews with surviving prisoners drawn on in SURVIVING THE SWORD tell a new generation about that solidarity, friendship and kindness."@en
  • "During World War II, there were few fates that could befall a soldier so hellish as internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. To this day, many survivors -- most of whom are now in their 80s -- still cannot talk about their experiences without unearthing terrible memories. Surviving the Sword gives voice to these tens of thousands of Allied POWs and offers us a powerful reminder of the terror and deprivations of war and the resilience of the human spirit. In this important book, Brian MacArthur draws on the diaries of American, British, Dutch, and Australian Fepows (Far Eastern prisoners of war), some of whose recollections are published here for the first time. These soldiers wrote and kept their diaries, in secret, because they were determined to record for posterity how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death, or transported on "hellships"; how their fellows were summarily executed by guards or felled by the thousands by tropical diseases; and how they were used as slave labor -- most notoriously on the Burma-Thailand railway (later depicted in The Bridge on the River Kwai). The diaries excerpted here make plain why the Fepows have always believed that their brutal treatment by Japanese and Korean guards was literally incomprehensible to those who did not live it. - Jacket flap."@en
  • "In this book, the author draws on the diaries of American, British, Dutch, and Australian Fepows (Far Eastern prisoners of war). Risking torture and execution to keep diaries and make sketches and drawings, the prisoner recorded not just a litany of horrors, but a moving statement to the nobler instincts of humanity as well. --book jacket."@en
  • "During World War II, there were few fates that could befall a soldier so hellish as internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. To this day, many survivors -- most of whom are now in their 80s -- still cannot talk about their experiences without unearthing terrible memories. Surviving the Sword gives voice to these tens of thousands of Allied POWs and offers us a powerful reminder of the terror and deprivations of war and the resilience of the human spirit. In this important book, Brian MacArthur draws on the diaries of American, British, Dutch, and Australian Fepows (Far Eastern prisoners of war), some of whose recollections are published here for the first time. These soldiers wrote and kept their diaries, in secret, because they were determined to record for posterity how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death, or transported on "hellships"; how their fellows were summarily executed by guards or felled by the thousands by tropical diseases; and how they were used as slave labor -- most notoriously on the Burma-Thailand railway (later depicted in The Bridge on the River Kwai). The diaries excerpted here make plain why the Fepows have always believed that their brutal treatment by Japanese and Korean guards was literally incomprehensible to those who did not live it. - Jacket flap."
  • "Describes the ordeal of American, British, and Australian prisoners held by the Japanese during World War II, revealing the hardships that they endured as well as the strength, determination, and friendship that helped many of them to survive."@en
  • "Describes the ordeal of American, British, and Australian prisoners held by the Japanese during World War II, revealing the hardships that they endured as well as the strength, determination, and friendship that helped many of them to survive."

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  • "Surviving the sword : prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45"
  • "Surviving the sword : prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45"@en
  • "Surviving the sword prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45"@en
  • "Surviving the sword prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45"
  • "Surviving the sword : prisoners of the Japanese, 1942-45"
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  • "Surviving the sword : prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942 - 45"
  • "Surviving the sword : prisoners of the Japanese 1942 - 45"

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