Title: Bamboo cage
First published: 2009
Description: "In 1942, RAF Flight Lieutenant Robert Wyse became a Japanese prisoner of war on the Indonesian island of Java. In this no-holds-barred account, Wyse describes the harsh conditions he and his fellow prisoners suffered. Subjected to beatings, starvation, debilitating illness, and unbelievably harsh work, Wyse struggled to describe the brutalities he witnessed." "Although the punishment for keeping a diary would have been severe, Wyse persevered, scrounging for bits of paper and slivers of pencil and hiding his writing wherever he could until it became too dangerous to continue. Then, in December 1943, he buried his notes in a piece of bamboo under his prison hut." "Robert Wyse's diary was retrieved by a Dutch friend after the war. An historical goldmine of information on life as a prisoner of war, the diary reveals both the worst and the best of human nature."--Jacket.
Subjects: Great britain, royal air force, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, canadian, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, japanese, Prisoners of war, Canada, biography, Java (indonesia), biography, World War, 1939-1945, Canadian Personal narratives, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Biography, Great Britain. Royal Air Force, Great Britain
LC classification: D811 .W97 2009