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Autore |
Havers R. P. W (Robin Paul Whittick), <1967-> |
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Titolo |
Reassessing the Japanese prisoner of war experience : the Changi POW camp, Singapore, 1942-5 / / R.P.W. Havers |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York : , : RoutledgeCurzon, , 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-135-78877-4 |
0-429-23149-0 |
1-135-78878-2 |
0-203-42301-1 |
1-280-02260-4 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (235 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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World War, 1939-1945 - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese |
Prisoners of war - United States |
Prisoners of war - Great Britain |
Prisoners of war - Australia |
Prisoners of war - Singapore - Changi |
Changi (Singapore) History |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [206]-212) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of plates; Preface; List of abbreviations; Life at the Changi prisoner of war camp, Singapore, 1942 5; Surrender and captivity: 15 February 1942; Initial POW adjustments to captivity: March August 1942; The Selarang barrack square incident; Changi: September 1942 September 1943, part I; Changi: September 1942 September 1943, part II; Return from the railway: September 1943 May 1944; Changi gaol: May 1944 September 1945; Conclusions: bowed but not broken; Appendices; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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. |
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