Prisoners Of War
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Japanese Prisoners Of War
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Author : Philip Towle
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2000-01-01
Japanese Prisoners Of War written by Philip Towle and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-01-01 with History categories.
During the Second World War the Japanese were stereotyped in the European and American imagination as fanatical, cruel and almost inhuman. This view is unhistorical and simplistic. It fails to recognise that the Japanese were acting at a time of supreme national crisis and it fails to take account of their own historical tradition. The essays in Japanese Prisoners of War, by both Western and Japanese scholars, explore the question from a balanced viewpoint, looking at it in the light of longer-term influences, notably the Japanese attempt to establish themselves as an honorary white race. The book also addresses the other side of the question, looking at the treatment of Japanese prisoners in Allied captivity.
Prisoners Of War Prisoners Of Peace
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Author : Barbara Hately-Broad
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2005-02-01
Prisoners Of War Prisoners Of Peace written by Barbara Hately-Broad and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-02-01 with History categories.
Millions of servicemen of the belligerent powers were taken prisoner during World War II. Until recently, the popular image of these men has been framed by tales of heroic escape or immense suffering at the hands of malevolent captors. For the vast majority, however, the reality was very different. Their history, both during and after the War, has largely been ignored in the grand narratives of the conflict. This collection brings together new scholarship, largely based on sources from previously unavailable Eastern European or Japanese archives. Authors highlight a number of important comparatives. Whereas for the British and Americans held by the Germans and Japanese, the end of the war meant a swift repatriation and demobilization, for the Germans, it heralded the beginning of an imprisonment that, for some, lasted until 1956. These and many more moving stories are revealed here for the first time.
Prisoners Of War
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Author : Ronald H. Bailey
language : en
Publisher: Time Life Medical
Release Date : 1981
Prisoners Of War written by Ronald H. Bailey and has been published by Time Life Medical this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1981 with Prisoners of war categories.
How 15 million prisoners of war depended less on the Geneva convention than on their captors' attitudes and customs.
Prisoners Of The Empire
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Author : Sarah Kovner
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 2020-09-15
Prisoners Of The Empire written by Sarah Kovner and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-09-15 with History categories.
A pathbreaking account of World War II POW camps, challenging the longstanding belief that the Japanese Empire systematically mistreated Allied prisoners. In only five months, from the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the fall of Corregidor in May 1942, the Japanese Empire took prisoner more than 140,000 Allied servicemen and 130,000 civilians from a dozen different countries. From Manchuria to Java, Burma to New Guinea, the Japanese army hastily set up over seven hundred camps to imprison these unfortunates. In the chaos, 40 percent of American POWs did not survive. More Australians died in captivity than were killed in combat. Sarah Kovner offers the first portrait of detention in the Pacific theater that explains why so many suffered. She follows Allied servicemen in Singapore and the Philippines transported to Japan on “hellships” and singled out for hard labor, but also describes the experience of guards and camp commanders, who were completely unprepared for the task. Much of the worst treatment resulted from a lack of planning, poor training, and bureaucratic incoherence rather than an established policy of debasing and tormenting prisoners. The struggle of POWs tended to be greatest where Tokyo exercised the least control, and many were killed by Allied bombs and torpedoes rather than deliberate mistreatment. By going beyond the horrific accounts of captivity to actually explain why inmates were neglected and abused, Prisoners of the Empire contributes to ongoing debates over POW treatment across myriad war zones, even to the present day.
Encyclopedia Of Prisoners Of War And Internment
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Encyclopedia Of Prisoners Of War And Internment written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
Contains a collection of alphabetically arranged entries that provide definitions of terms related to prisoners of war and interned civilians from ancient times to the present.
In Harm S Way
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Author : Paul K. Cashdollar
language : en
Publisher: Moonglo Publishing
Release Date : 2001-03
In Harm S Way written by Paul K. Cashdollar and has been published by Moonglo Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-03 with History categories.
Reassessing The Japanese Prisoner Of War Experience
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Author : R. P. W. Havers
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2003-03-27
Reassessing The Japanese Prisoner Of War Experience written by R. P. W. Havers and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-27 with History categories.
This book explores the history of the Changi Prisoner of War camp at Singapore between the surrender in 1942 and the eventual liberation by British forces in September 1945. It discusses the forms of POW resistance to the Japanese.
Prisoners Of War
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Author : R. C. Hingorani
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1963
Prisoners Of War written by R. C. Hingorani and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1963 with Prisoners of war categories.
The Enemy In Our Hands
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Author : Robert Doyle
language : en
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Release Date : 2010-05-14
The Enemy In Our Hands written by Robert Doyle and has been published by University Press of Kentucky this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-05-14 with History categories.
Revelations of abuse at Baghdad’s Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S. detention camp at Guantánamo Bay had repercussions extending beyond the worldwide media scandal that ensued. The controversy surrounding photos and descriptions of inhumane treatment of enemy prisoners of war, or EPWs, from the war on terror marked a watershed moment in the study of modern warfare and the treatment of prisoners of war. Amid allegations of human rights violations and war crimes, one question stands out among the rest: Was the treatment of America’s most recent prisoners of war an isolated event or part of a troubling and complex issue that is deeply rooted in our nation’s military history? Military expert Robert C. Doyle’s The Enemy in Our Hands: America’s Treatment of Prisoners of War from the Revolution to the War on Terror draws from diverse sources to answer this question. Historical as well as timely in its content, this work examines America’s major wars and past conflicts—among them, the American Revolution, the Civil War, World Wars I and II, and Vietnam—to provide understanding of the United States’ treatment of military and civilian prisoners. The Enemy in Our Hands offers a new perspective of U.S. military history on the subject of EPWs and suggests that the tactics employed to manage prisoners of war are unique and disparate from one conflict to the next. In addition to other vital information, Doyle provides a cultural analysis and exploration of U.S. adherence to international standards of conduct, including the 1929 Geneva Convention in each war. Although wars are not won or lost on the basis of how EPWs are treated, the treatment of prisoners is one of the measures by which history’s conquerors are judged.
Prisoners Of War
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Author : Steve Yarbrough
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2007-12-18
Prisoners Of War written by Steve Yarbrough and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-12-18 with Fiction categories.
It is 1943, and the war has come home to Loring, Mississippi. As German POWs labor in the cotton fields, the local draft board sends boys into uniform, and families receive flags and condolences. But for Dan Timms, just shy of 18, the war is his ticket out of town and away from the ghosts that haunt him. As he peddles goods from a rolling store for his profiteer uncle, Dan tries to understand his friend L.C., a young man who, on account of his skin, feels like a prisoner himself. But one day, Dan spots Marty Stark who has just returned from Italy, mysteriously reassigned to guard the POWs he was once trained to kill. As Dan soon learns, Marty’s war is far from over and threatens to erupt again.