Prisoners of the Japanese
| Author | : Roger Bourke |
| Publisher | : Univ. of Queensland Press |
| Total Pages | : 234 |
| Release | : 2006 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0702235644 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780702235641 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (641 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Prisoners of the Japanese by : Roger Bourke
Download or read book Prisoners of the Japanese written by Roger Bourke and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between December 1941 and May 1942, the Japanese army took more than 130,000 allied prisoners of war, more than a quarter did not survive their imprisonment. Here, Bourke analyses the major novels and films of the prisoners-of-war experience under the Japanese and uncovers the extent to which these fictions have influenced our beliefs.
