Overview
- Summary
- "For most Allied prisoners of war, there were no heroic escapes through secret tunnels -- the reality was a constant battle against boredom and brutality. Now, drawing on letters and interviews with survivors, Midge Gillies casts a new light on a remarkable group of men who held onto the hope that there was life beyond the camps. These men applied their initiative to forming orchestras, building a golf course between their huts and daring surgery on the Thailand-Burma Railway. There were men who attended lectures, learned new languages and, at one German camp, sat exams on such a scale that it became known as 'the Barged-Wire University'"--Cover verso.
- Format
- Book
- Published
- London : Aurum Press, 2012
- Locale
- Great Britain
Europe
East Asia - Edition
- Paperback edition
- Notes
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Originally published: 2011.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-474) and index.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 1845137779
9781845137779 - Physical Description
- xix, 486 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 20 cm
Keywords & Subjects
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