Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific

Prisoners of the Japanese: POWs of World War II in the Pacific
ISBN-10
1416511539
ISBN-13
9781416511533
Category
Prisoners of war
Pages
464
Language
English
Published
2007-05-01
Publisher
Pocket Books
Author
Gavan Daws

Description

Prisoners of the Japanese raises disturbing questions as well about the value placed on the lives of Allied POWs by their own supreme command. Of all military prisoners who died in the Japanese zone of captivity, more than one in four were killed by "friendly fire" ordered by General Douglas MacArthur. It is impossible not to be seized by the horror of the POWs' ordeal. But while the inhuman cruelty of the Japanese prison camps is documented exhaustively - beyond the shadow of a doubt - the book, at its core, tells a heartening story of ordinary men, trapped in impossible circumstances, not only struggling to survive but stubbornly, triumphantly asserting their humanity.

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