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Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War
Glory Denied: The Saga of Jim Thompson, America's Longest-Held Prisoner of War
Tom Philpott

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4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home
4000 Bowls of Rice: A Prisoner of War Comes Home
Linda Goetz Holmes

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Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey As a Japanese Prisoner of War
Surviving Bataan and Beyond: Colonel Irvin Alexander's Odyssey As a Japanese Prisoner of War

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Southern Rights: Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism (Nation Divided: New Studies in Civil War History)
Southern Rights: Political Prisoners and the Myth of Confederate Constitutionalism (Nation Divided: New Studies in Civil War History)
Mark E. Neely Jr.

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Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries
Children in the Holocaust and World War II: Their Secret Diaries
Laurel Holliday

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Hitler's Prisoners: Seven Cell Mates Tell Their Stories (Memories of War)
Hitler's Prisoners: Seven Cell Mates Tell Their Stories (Memories of War)
Erich Friedrich

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Devil at My Heels
Devil at My Heels
David Rensin

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The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon
The Longest Winter: The Battle of the Bulge and the Epic Story of WWII's Most Decorated Platoon
Alex Kershaw

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We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese
Elizabeth M. Norman

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Escape from Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
Escape from Davao: The Forgotten Story of the Most Daring Prison Break of the Pacific War
John D. Lukacs

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Se questo è un uomo ; La tregua
Se questo è un uomo ; La tregua
Primo Levi

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War Trash
War Trash
Ha Jin

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Other Losses: The Shocking Truth Behind the Mass Deaths of Disarmed German Soldiers and Civilians Under General Eisenhower's Command
Other Losses: The Shocking Truth Behind the Mass Deaths of Disarmed German Soldiers and Civilians Under General Eisenhower's Command
James Bacque

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Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War. Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather
Hero Found: The Greatest POW Escape of the Vietnam War. Collector's Edition. Bound in Genuine Leather
Bruce Henderson

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Kiss The Boys Goodbye: How The United States Betrayed Its Own POWs In Vietnam
Kiss The Boys Goodbye: How The United States Betrayed Its Own POWs In Vietnam
William Stevenson

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My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March (Memories of War)
My Hitch in Hell: The Bataan Death March (Memories of War)
Lester I. Tenney

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Valleys of Death: A Memoir of the Korean War
Valleys of Death: A Memoir of the Korean War
Bill Richardson

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Prisoners of War

The Way of a Boy: A Memoir of Java
The Way of a Boy: A Memoir of Java
Ernest Hillen

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Parade of the Dead: A U.S. Army Physician's Memoir of Imprisonment by the Japanese, 1942-1945
Parade of the Dead: A U.S. Army Physician's Memoir of Imprisonment by the Japanese, 1942-1945
John R. Bumgarner

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Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
Administration of Torture: A Documentary Record from Washington to Abu Ghraib and Beyond
Amrit Singh

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Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story
Body Snatchers in the Desert: The Horrible Truth at the Heart of the Roswell Story
Nick Redfern

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Grounded in Eire: The Story of Two RAF Fliers Interned in Ireland During World War II
Grounded in Eire: The Story of Two RAF Fliers Interned in Ireland During World War II
Ralph Keefer

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Rescue from Ploesti: The Harry Fritz Story : A World War II Triumph
Rescue from Ploesti: The Harry Fritz Story : A World War II Triumph
William G. Williams

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The Search for Canasta 404: Love, Loss, and the POW/MIA Movement
The Search for Canasta 404: Love, Loss, and the POW/MIA Movement
Melissa Robinson

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The Gulf Between Us : Love and Terror in Desert Storm
The Gulf Between Us : Love and Terror in Desert Storm
Cynthia B. Acree

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Bataan Death March: A Survivor's Account
Bataan Death March: A Survivor's Account
William E. Dyess

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The Naked Island
The Naked Island
Russell Braddon

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Dunant's Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross
Dunant's Dream: War, Switzerland and the History of the Red Cross
Caroline Moorehead

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The Wooden Horse
The Wooden Horse
Eric Williams

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Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights
Torture Taxi: On the Trail of the CIA's Rendition Flights
Trevor Paglen

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She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story
She Went to War: The Rhonda Cornum Story
Rhonda Cornum

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The Secret Camera: A Marine's Story: Four Years as a POW
The Secret Camera: A Marine's Story: Four Years as a POW
Terence S. Kirk

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Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity)
Torture and the Twilight of Empire: From Algiers to Baghdad (Human Rights and Crimes against Humanity)
Marnia Lazreg

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My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
My Guantanamo Diary: The Detainees and the Stories They Told Me
Mahvish Rukhsana Khan

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Song of Survival: Women Interned
Song of Survival: Women Interned
Helen Colijn

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The Flamboya Tree: Memories of a Mother's Wartime Courage
The Flamboya Tree: Memories of a Mother's Wartime Courage
Clara Kelly

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One Woman's Army: The Commanding Officer of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story
One Woman's Army: The Commanding Officer of Abu Ghraib Tells Her Story
Janis Karpinski

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MIA Rescue
MIA Rescue
Kregg P.J. Jorgenson

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The White Rabbit: The Secret Agent the Gestapo Could Not Crack
The White Rabbit: The Secret Agent the Gestapo Could Not Crack
Bruce Marshall

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Crimes and Mercies
Crimes and Mercies
James Bacque

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All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese
All This Hell: U.S. Nurses Imprisoned by the Japanese
Rosemary Neidel-Greenlee

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Given Up for Dead: American GI's in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga
Given Up for Dead: American GI's in the Nazi Concentration Camp at Berga
Flint Whitlock

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Nazi Prisoners of War in America
Nazi Prisoners of War in America
Arnold Krammer

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Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War
Code-Name Bright Light: The Untold Story of U.S. POW Rescue Efforts During the Vietnam War
George J. Veith

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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
Brian MacArthur

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The Flame Keepers
The Flame Keepers
Ned Handy

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Captive Warriors: A Vietnam Pow's Story (Texas a & M University Military History Series)
Captive Warriors: A Vietnam Pow's Story (Texas a & M University Military History Series)
Sam Johnson

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Colditz: The Full Story
Colditz: The Full Story
P.R. Reid

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Longest Tunnel: True Story Of World War II's Great Escape (Bluejacket Books)
Longest Tunnel: True Story Of World War II's Great Escape (Bluejacket Books)
Alan Burgess

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U.S. Army Intelligence and Interrogation Handbook: The Official Guide on Prisoner Interrogation (U.S. Army)
U.S. Army Intelligence and Interrogation Handbook: The Official Guide on Prisoner Interrogation (U.S. Army)
U.S. Department of the Army

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Civil War Prisons
Civil War Prisons
William Best Hesseltine

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Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Guantanamo and the Abuse of Presidential Power
Joseph Margulies

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Soldiers of Misfortune: Washington's Secret Betrayal of American Pow's in the Soviet Union
Soldiers of Misfortune: Washington's Secret Betrayal of American Pow's in the Soviet Union
Mark A. Sauter

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Escape from Laos
Escape from Laos
Dieter Dengler

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War in the Shadow of Auschwitz: Memoirs of a Polish Resistance Fighter and Survivor of the Death Camps (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)
War in the Shadow of Auschwitz: Memoirs of a Polish Resistance Fighter and Survivor of the Death Camps (Religion, Theology, and the Holocaust)
John Wiernicki

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A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam (Hellgate Memories Series.)
A Code to Keep: The True Story of America's Longest-Held Civilian POW in Vietnam (Hellgate Memories Series.)
Ernest C. Brace

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The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story
P.R. Reid

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Military Biographies

John McCain: An American Odyssey
John McCain: An American Odyssey
Robert Timberg

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Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo
Inside the Wire: A Military Intelligence Soldier's Eyewitness Account of Life at Guantanamo
Viveca Novak

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Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq
Fear Up Harsh: An Army Interrogator's Dark Journey Through Iraq
Tony Lagouranis

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Solitary Survivor: The First American POW in Southeast Asia
Solitary Survivor: The First American POW in Southeast Asia
Lawrence R. Bailey Jr.

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A Few Survived
A Few Survived
Robert L. Dowding

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Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War
Escape from Archangel: An American Merchant Seaman at War
Thomas E. Simmons

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P.O.W. in the Pacific: Memoirs of an American Doctor in World War II
P.O.W. in the Pacific: Memoirs of an American Doctor in World War II
Josephine Donovan

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50 Years of Silence
50 Years of Silence
Jan Ruff-O'Herne

from $22.09

Bread and Rice: An American Woman's Fight to Survive in the Jungles and Prison Camps of the WWII Philippines
Bread and Rice: An American Woman's Fight to Survive in the Jungles and Prison Camps of the WWII Philippines
Doris Macauley

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Military History Books

Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973
Honor Bound: American Prisoners of War in Southeast Asia, 1961-1973
Stuart I. Rochester

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Raider
Raider
Charles W. Sasser

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Stalag Luft III: The Secret Story
Stalag Luft III: The Secret Story
Arthur A. Durand

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Elmira: Death Camp of the North
Elmira: Death Camp of the North
Michael Horigan

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M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America
M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America
Howard Bruce Franklin

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The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: The Full Story of How 76 Allied Officers Carried Out World War II's Most Remarkable Mass Escape
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III: The Full Story of How 76 Allied Officers Carried Out World War II's Most Remarkable Mass Escape
Tim Carroll

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The Adventures of John Wetherell
The Adventures of John Wetherell
C.S. Forester

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I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World war II Japanese POW Camp
I Am Alive!: A United States Marine's Story of Survival in a World war II Japanese POW Camp
Bruce H. Norton

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Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II
Last Man Out: Glenn McDole, USMC, Survivor of the Palawan Massacre in World War II
Bob Wilbanks

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The Devil's Causeway: The True Story of America's First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue
The Devil's Causeway: The True Story of America's First Prisoners of War in the Philippines, and the Heroic Expedition Sent to Their Rescue
Matthew Westfall

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Battle for Bataan: An Eyewitness Account
Battle for Bataan: An Eyewitness Account
Richard C. Malloně

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The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days
The Least Worst Place: Guantanamo's First 100 Days
Karen J. Greenberg

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Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers
Human Game: Hunting the Great Escape Murderers
Simon Read

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We Were Each Other's Prisoners: An Oral History of World War II American and German Prisoners Ofwar
We Were Each Other's Prisoners: An Oral History of World War II American and German Prisoners Ofwar
Lewis H. Carlson

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Hour of Redemption: The Heroic WW II Saga of America's Most Daring POW Rescue
Hour of Redemption: The Heroic WW II Saga of America's Most Daring POW Rescue
Forrest Bryant Johnson

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Cassell Military Classics: Escape and Evasion: POW Breakouts in World War Two
Cassell Military Classics: Escape and Evasion: POW Breakouts in World War Two
Ian Dear

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Looking for Mr. Smith: The Quest for the Truth Behind The Long Walk, the Greatest Survival Story Ever Told
Looking for Mr. Smith: The Quest for the Truth Behind The Long Walk, the Greatest Survival Story Ever Told
Linda Willis

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Captured: The Japanese Internment of American Civilians in the Philippines, 1941-1945
Captured: The Japanese Internment of American Civilians in the Philippines, 1941-1945
Frances B. Cogan

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Believed To Be Alive
Believed To Be Alive
John W. Thornton Jr.

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Torture and Democracy
Torture and Democracy
Darius M. Rejali

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United States History Books

Civil War Prisons & Escapes: A Day-By-Day Chronicle
Civil War Prisons & Escapes: A Day-By-Day Chronicle
Robert E. Denney

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Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror
Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror
Steven H. Miles

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While In The Hands Of The Enemy: Military Prisons Of The Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series)
While In The Hands Of The Enemy: Military Prisons Of The Civil War (Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War Series)
Charles W. Sanders Jr.

from $35.97

Prisoners of Hope:: Exploiting the POW/MIA Myth in America
Prisoners of Hope:: Exploiting the POW/MIA Myth in America
Susan Katz Keating

from $6.59

Long Binh Jail: An Oral History of Vietnam's Notorious U.S. Military Prison
Long Binh Jail: An Oral History of Vietnam's Notorious U.S. Military Prison
Cecil B. Currey

from $35.19

First Heroes: The Pows Left Behind in Vietnam
First Heroes: The Pows Left Behind in Vietnam
Rod Colvin

from $5.99

800 Paces to Hell: Andersonville
800 Paces to Hell: Andersonville
John W. Lynn

from $14.49

So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons
So Far from Dixie: Confederates in Yankee Prisons
Philip Burnham

from $10.29

Escape
Escape
Dwight R. Messimer

from $6.99

POW/MIA: America's Missing Men: The Men We Left Behind
POW/MIA: America's Missing Men: The Men We Left Behind
Chimp Robertson

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A Prisoner's Duty: Great Escapes in U.S. Military History
A Prisoner's Duty: Great Escapes in U.S. Military History
Robert C. Doyle

from $6.49

Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War
Monstering: Inside America's Policy of Secret Interrogations and Torture in the Terror War
Tara McKelvey

from $6.79

The Prisoners, 1914-18
The Prisoners, 1914-18
Robert Jackson

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Dead Or Alive?: Questions & Answers Regarding American Po Ws And Mi As
Dead Or Alive?: Questions & Answers Regarding American Po Ws And Mi As
Robert W. Pelton

from $15.89

World War II (American Soldiers' Lives)
World War II (American Soldiers' Lives)
G. Kurt Piehler

from $34.29

World War II

La traversée de la nuit
La traversée de la nuit
Geneviève de Gaulle-Anthonioz

from $5.69

Boldness Be My Friend
Boldness Be My Friend
Richard Pape

from $6.39

Building the Death Railway: The Ordeal of American Pows in Burma, 1942-1945
Building the Death Railway: The Ordeal of American Pows in Burma, 1942-1945
Robert S. La Forte

from $8.09

Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW (Centennial Series of the Texas a&M University Association of Former Students, No 6)
Bataan and Beyond: Memories of an American POW (Centennial Series of the Texas a&M University Association of Former Students, No 6)
John S. Coleman Jr.

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A Gallant Company: The True Story of the Man of "The Great Escape"
A Gallant Company: The True Story of the Man of "The Great Escape"
Jonathan F. Vance

from $20.39

Great Escape: The Full Dramatic Story with Contributions from Survivors and Their Families
Great Escape: The Full Dramatic Story with Contributions from Survivors and Their Families
Anton Gill

from $7.09

Home from Siberia: The Secret Odysseys of Interned American Airmen in World War II (Military History Ser. Series, 16)
Home from Siberia: The Secret Odysseys of Interned American Airmen in World War II (Military History Ser. Series, 16)
Otis Hays

from $29.89

Ravensbruck: Everyday Life in a Women's Concentration Camp 1935-45
Ravensbruck: Everyday Life in a Women's Concentration Camp 1935-45
Jack G. Morrison

from $9.79

With Only the Will to Live: Accounts of Americans in Japanese Prison Camps 1941-1945
With Only the Will to Live: Accounts of Americans in Japanese Prison Camps 1941-1945
Robert S. La Forte

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Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts and Congress
Soldier Slaves: Abandoned by the White House, Courts and Congress
Lee Benson

from $7.49

Horned Pigeon
Horned Pigeon
George Millar

from $13.59

Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific
Counting the Days: POWs, Internees, and Stragglers of World War II in the Pacific
Craig B. Smith

from $7.89

Beyond Words: Images from America's Concentration Camps
Beyond Words: Images from America's Concentration Camps
Deborah Gesensway

from $6.89

The Faustball Tunnel: German POWs in America And Their Great Escape
The Faustball Tunnel: German POWs in America And Their Great Escape
John Hammond Moore

from $15.99

RIVER KWAI RAILWAY: The Story of the Burma-Siam Railroad
RIVER KWAI RAILWAY: The Story of the Burma-Siam Railroad
Clifford Kinvig

from $5.79

The Ordeal of Elizabeth Vaughn: A Wartime Diary of the Philippines
The Ordeal of Elizabeth Vaughn: A Wartime Diary of the Philippines
Elizabeth Vaughn

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Guests of the Emperor: The Secret History of Japan's Mukden POW Camp
Guests of the Emperor: The Secret History of Japan's Mukden POW Camp
Linda Goetz Holmes

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The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany
The Colditz Myth: British and Commonwealth Prisoners of War in Nazi Germany
S.P. MacKenzie

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Sorties into Hell: The Hidden War on Chichi Jima
Sorties into Hell: The Hidden War on Chichi Jima
Chester G. Hearn

from $10.59

FDR's Prisoner Spy: The POW Diary of Cdr. Thomas Hayes, USN
FDR's Prisoner Spy: The POW Diary of Cdr. Thomas Hayes, USN
Thomas Hayes

from $29.29

The common theme among these books is the experience of being a prisoner of war or captive during times of conflict, particularly in World War II and the Vietnam War. Many of the books provide firsthand accounts of the brutality and challenges faced by prisoners, including experiences such as escape attempts, mistreatment by captors, and survival in harsh conditions. Some books also explore broader issues related to POW treatment and government policies during wartime.

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