Buy this book on-line Daws, Gavan : Prisoners of the Japanese : POWs of World War II in the PacificWilliam Morrow & Company Inc., New York, 1994
The now classic account of the imprisonment of Allied prisoners of war by the Imperial Japanese, surveying the various camps and the attitudes held by the Japanese, the general mistreatment of the prisoners, their poor living conditions, withholding of proper food and medical treatment, those beheaded or otherwise murdered, the 1942 'Bataan Death March', the few instances of decency and kindness, and related matters including the postwar fate of those who survived as well as the fate of the worst war criminals responsible for so many deaths. Author contends the mistreatment was due to cultural attitidunal issues inherent in the Japanese as well as simple incompetence and unpreparedness; contains maps, illustrations, sources, notes, index. This is the 7th printing of the First Edition. Hardcover with dust jacket, 462pp. A very nice copy, unused and unread. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book. Book Condition: Fine. Binding: Hardcover. Jacket: Fine Click here for full details of this book, to ask a question or to buy it on-line. Bibliophile Bookbase probably offers multiple copies of Daws, Gavan : Prisoners of the Japanese : POWs of World War II in the Pacific. Click here to select from a complete list of available copies of this book. Bibliophile Bookbase lists over 5 million books, maps and prints including out-of-print books, incunabula, rare books, first editions and antiquarian books. Bibliophile Bookbase for antiquarian books, maps and prints. |