Four Thousand Bowls Of Rice
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Four Thousand Bowls Of Rice
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Author : Linda Goetz Holmes
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
Four Thousand Bowls Of Rice written by Linda Goetz Holmes and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with categories.
Hellships Down
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Author : Michael Sturma
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2021-03-18
Hellships Down written by Michael Sturma and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-03-18 with History categories.
On 12 September 1944, a wolfpack of U.S. submarines attacked the Japanese convoy HI-72 in the South China Sea. Among the ships sunk were two carrying Allied prisoners of war. Men who had already endured the trials of Japanese captivity faced a renewed struggle for survival at sea. This book tells the broader story of the HI-72 convoy through the stories of two survivors: Arthur Bancroft, who was rescued by an American submarine, and Charles "Rowley" Richards, who was rescued by the Japanese. The story of these men represents the thousands of Allied POWs who suffered not only the atrocious conditions of these Japanese hellships, but also the terror of friendly fire from their own side's submarines. For the first time, the personal, political and legal aftermath of these men's experiences is fully detailed. At its heart, this is a story of survival. Charting the survivors' fates from rescue to their attempts at retribution, this book reveals the trauma that continued long after the war was over.
This War Never Ends
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Author : Michael McKernan
language : en
Publisher: Univ. of Queensland Press
Release Date : 2001
This War Never Ends written by Michael McKernan and has been published by Univ. of Queensland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
An absorbing examination of what it was like to wait and to worry on the homefront during the years of the loved ones' captivity. It deals with a world that military history has preferred to ignore: the impact of war on wives, mothers, sons, daughters, relatives, friends - and on the soldiers themselves, once they were left to their own resources. The book contains their anguished correspondence to Prime Minister, John Curtin, which gives a keen insight into the suffering of families.
Pirates Prisoners And Lepers
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Author : Paul H. Robinson
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2015-07-15
Pirates Prisoners And Lepers written by Paul H. Robinson and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-07-15 with History categories.
It has long been held that humans need government to impose social order on a chaotic, dangerous world. How, then, did early humans survive on the Serengeti Plain, surrounded by faster, stronger, and bigger predators in a harsh and forbidding environment? Pirates, Prisoners, and Lepers examines an array of natural experiments and accidents of human history to explore the fundamental nature of how human beings act when beyond the scope of the law. Pirates of the 1700s, the leper colony on Molokai Island, prisoners of the Nazis, hippie communes of the 1970s, shipwreck and plane crash survivors, and many more diverse groups—they all existed in the absence of formal rules, punishments, and hierarchies. Paul and Sarah Robinson draw on these real-life stories to suggest that humans are predisposed to be cooperative, within limits. What these “communities” did and how they managed have dramatic implications for shaping our modern institutions. Should today’s criminal justice system build on people’s shared intuitions about justice? Or are we better off acknowledging this aspect of human nature but using law to temper it? Knowing the true nature of our human character and our innate ideas about justice offers a roadmap to a better society.
Boredom Is The Enemy
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Author : Amanda Laugesen
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-15
Boredom Is The Enemy written by Amanda Laugesen and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-04-15 with History categories.
War is often characterised as one percent terror, 99 per cent boredom. Whilst much ink has been spilt on the one per cent, relatively little work has been directed toward the other 99 per cent of a soldier's time. As such, this book will be welcomed by those seeking a fuller understanding of what makes soldiers endure war, and how they cope with prolonged periods of inaction. It explores the issue of military boredom and investigates how soldiers spent their time when not engaged in battle, work or training through a study of their creative, imaginative and intellectual lives. It examines the efforts of military authorities to provide solutions to military boredom (and the problem of discipline and morale) through the provisioning of entertainment and education, but more importantly explores the ways in which soldiers responded to such efforts, arguing that soldiers used entertainment and education in ways that suited them. The focus in the book is on Australians and their experiences, primarily during the First World War, but with subsequent chapters taking the story through the Second World War to the Vietnam War. This focus on a single national group allows questions to be raised about what might (or might not) be exceptional about the experiences of a particular national group, and the ways national identity can shape an individual's relationship and engagement with education and entertainment. It can also suggest the continuities and changes in these experiences through the course of three wars. The story of Australians at war illuminates a much broader story of the experience of war and people's responses to war in the twentieth century.
Ten Thousand Chinese Things Eighty Fourth Thousand
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Author : Nathan DUNN
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1843
Ten Thousand Chinese Things Eighty Fourth Thousand written by Nathan DUNN and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1843 with categories.
Uss Pampanito
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Author : Gregory F Michno
language : en
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Release Date : 2016-01-12
Uss Pampanito written by Gregory F Michno and has been published by University of Oklahoma Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-12 with History categories.
Most World War II submarine stories are glorifications of war written by submarine captains about their own boats. But the USS Pampanito was not a typical submarine. The sub and its crew caused plenty of destruction, but they found the pinnacle of their honor and fame in a dramatic sea rescue. Gregory F. Michno relates the experiences of the crewmen—both enlisted men and officers—who served on the USS Pampanito. The Pampanito story begins with the boat's construction in 1943, continues through its six combat missions, and concludes with its decommissioning after the war in 1945. The heart of the book is the September 12, 1944, attack on a Japanese convoy carrying English and Australian POWs from the Burma-Siam Railway (of Bridge on the River Kwai fame) to prison camps in Japan. The Pampanito helped sink two of the prison ships, unwittingly killing hundreds of Allied soldiers, but then returned to rescue the survivors. The crew picked a record seventy-three men from the sea.
Healing In Hell
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Author : Ken Adams
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2011-12-13
Healing In Hell written by Ken Adams and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-13 with History categories.
Ken Adams, as a trained medic, was sent out to the Far East and immediately saw action on the Malay Peninsula. Captured at Singapore he initially worked at Changi Hospital. Many moves and much worse capos in Thailand were to follow. He describes his life, work and the terrible conditions endured at the hands of the Japanese and Korea guards and worst of all, the Kempetai secret police. Illnesses such as dysentery, malaria, avitominosis, cholera and smallpox had to be treated with minimal or no medicines. Starvation was a fact of life. The author was frequently moved around and in 1945 took part in a march of many hundreds of miles which inevitably proved fatal to many of his fellow POWs. Liberation and repatriation are movingly described as, most significantly, is the whole process of settling back into normal life after so long in captivity of the worst kind. Healing in Hell is an exceptional account that demands reading.
Escape From Where I Am
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Author : Ron G Holland
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
Release Date : 2012-01-18
Escape From Where I Am written by Ron G Holland and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-01-18 with Self-Help categories.
In this touching and "taken from life" story the reader picks almost automatically what it takes to become successful in anything. It's a story of Ron's "stay" in emigration centre in Australia built around the life of one Vietnamese, who persevered in very hard circumstances for many years and finally made it to his freedom.
Fragrant Heart
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Author : Miranda Emmerson
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2014-05-05
Fragrant Heart written by Miranda Emmerson and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-05-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
Miranda and her partner set off for one last big adventure before settling down. They chose to travel through South-East Asia. Asian flu, falling off boats and the general chaos of a life abroad challenged them at every step, yet they fell in love with the culture and culinary delights of China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Malaysia.