Long night's journey into day : prisoners of war in Hong Kong and Japan, 1941-1945 /
Sickness, starvation, brutality, and forced labour plagued the existence of tens of thousands of Allied POWs in World War II. More than a quarter of these POWs died in captivity. Long Night's Journey into Day centres on the lives of Canadian, British, Indian, and Hong Kong POWs captured at Hong...
| Основен автор: | Roland, Charles G. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
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Waterloo, Ont. :
Wilfrid Laurier University Press,
℗♭2001.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=148728 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Long night's journey into day. |
| Резюме: |
Sickness, starvation, brutality, and forced labour plagued the existence of tens of thousands of Allied POWs in World War II. More than a quarter of these POWs died in captivity. Long Night's Journey into Day centres on the lives of Canadian, British, Indian, and Hong Kong POWs captured at Hong Kong in December 1941 and incarcerated in camps in Hong Kong and the Japanese Home Islands. Experiences of American POWs in the Philippines, and British and Australians POWs in Singapore, are interwoven throughout the book. Starvation and diseases such as diphtheria, beriberi, dysentery, and tuberc. |
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1 online resource (xxviii, 421 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 375-403) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0889209421 9780889209428 1280943173 9781280943171 |