Forgotten Captives in Japanese-Occupied Asia

Book Overview

Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) were sent to work in Japan, others to toil on the 'Death Railway' between Burma and Thailand. Some camps had death rates below 1 per cent, others of over 20 per cent. While POWs were deployed far and wide as a captive labour force, civilian internees were generally detained locally.

This book explores differences in how captivity was...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415426359
• ISBN13: 9780415426350
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.1"