基本説明
New in paperback. Hardcover was published in 2003.
Full Description
Popular perceptions of life in Japanese prisoner of war camps are dominated by images of emaciated figures, engaged in slave labour, and badly treated by their captors. This book, based on extensive original research, shows that this view is quite wrong in relation to the large camp at Changi, which was the main POW camp in Singapore. It demonstrates that in Changi the Japanese afforded the captives a high degree of autonomy, that this in turn resulted in a prison camp society that grew and flourished, in contrast to other Japanese POW camps, and that it fostered an independent and combative spirit, and high morale.
Contents
Chapter 1. Life at the Changi Prisoner of War Camp, Singapore, 1942-5Chapter 2. 15 February 1942: Surrender and CaptivityChapter 3. Initial POW Adjustments to Captivity: March-August 1942Chapter 4. The Selarang Barrack Square Incident Chapter 5. Changi: September 1942-September 1943. Part I.Chapter 6. Changi: September 1942-September 1943. Part II.Chapter 7. Return from the Railway: September 1943-May 1944Chapter 8. Changi Gaol: MAy 1944-September 1945Chapter 9. Conclusions: Bowed but not BrokenBibliographyAppendices
