Surviving the sword
Subtitle: prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45
By: Brian MacArthur.
Publisher: Random House
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 458
ISBN-13: 9781400064137
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Conscript labor -- East Asia.; Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.; Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945 -- Atrocities.; Sino-Japanese Conflict, 1937-1945 -- Conscript labor -- East Asia.; Prisoners of war -- East Asia.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [435]-439) and index.
Table of contents: title: Author's note; title: Map : Construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway; title: The "Fepow" prayer; title: Introduction; title: Part one.; title: Surrender; title: Interlude : "We feel let down rather"; title: Changi; title: Interlude : Christmas in captivity; title: The railway of death; title: Interlude : A walk along the River Kwai; title: The real story of the bridge on the River Kwai; title: Interlude : Boon Pong; title: "Speedo"; title: Interlude : Smokey Joe's; title: Sonkurai : Valley of the Shadow of Death; title: Interlude : Ave Maria; title: The railway opens; title: Part two.; title: Survival; title: Books; title: Food; title: Religion; title: Jungle medicine; title: Smoking Gone with the Wind; title: King Rat; title: Letters; title: Entertainment; title: Sports; title: Ingenuity; title: The "canaries"; title: Officers and gentlemen; title: Part three.; title: The hellships; title: Interlude : A happy ending; title: Japan; title: Interlude : The "Jap-happy"; title: Haruku; title: Interlude : A conjuring trick; title: Sandakan; title: Interlude : Mozart; title: Changi 1944-45; title: Interlude : "Don't let this thing drag on much longer"; title: Freedom; title: Interlude : Bushido; title: Home at last; title: Epilogue : The last post; title: Postscript : What became of them?