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Prisoners of the Japanese : POWs of World War II in the Pacific by Gavin Daws (1996, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHarperCollins

ISBN-100688143709

ISBN-139780688143701

eBay Product ID (ePID)673057

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Book TitlePrisoners of the Japanese : Pows of World War II in the Pacific

Number of Pages464 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1996

TopicMilitary / World War II, United States / 20th Century, Political

GenrePhilosophy, History

AuthorGavin Daws

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.2 in

Item Weight17.6 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition20

Dewey Decimal940.54/7252/0922

SynopsisGavan Daws combined ten years of documentary research and hundreds of interviews with surrviving POWs to write this explosive, first-and-only account of the experiences of the Allied POWs of World War II. The Japanese Army took over 140,000 Allied prisoners, and one in four died the hands of their captors. Here Daws reveals the survivors' haunting experiences, from the atrocities perpetrated during the Bataan Death March and the building of the Burma-Siam railroad to descriptions of disease, torture, and execution.

LC Classification NumberD805.P16

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by pixiecollage
Jan 04, 2022
A Book Well Worth Reading if You Want to Understand Man's Cruelty to Man
I wanted to research the events of the war around the prisoners in the Japanese prison camps as a relative was one of those prisoners. The book is very readable and interesting, nothing held back or covered up. It makes one feel deeply about man's inhumanity to man and the recklessness of war. This is a rather thick book but I was entranced. First I read a copy from the library, then got this one in case I wanted to quote it later. I am writing a book including my step- relative and this work has made me understand at least some of the psychological wounds he suffered and the manifestations in his and our lives. Hopefully this understanding will make me more compassionate to him and maybe I can forgive all he did up to when I last knew him. Everything else must be forgiven by God. Can humanity ever be forgiven for all the senseless death and cruelty man had wreaked upon others?
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