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 experienced
between 1941 and 1945, and has been remembered since: differences
due to geography and logistics, to policies and personalities, and
marked by nationality, age, class, gender and combatant status.Part
One has at least one chapter for each 'National Memory',
Australian, British, Canadian, Dutch, Indian and American. Part Two
moves on to forgotten captivities. It covers women, children, camp
guards, internee experiences upon the end of the war, and local
heroines who fought back.
By juxtaposing such a wide variety of captivity experiences -
differentiated both by category of captive and by approach - this
book transcends place, to become a collection about captivity as a
category. It will interest scholars working on the Asia-Pacific
War, on captivities in general, and on the individual histories of
the countries and groups covered.
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