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Australia's forgotten prisoners : civilians interned by the Japanese in World War Two / Christina Twomey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Twomey, Christina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Asia.
- Internment camp inmates--Australia--History--20th century.
- Internment camp inmates.
- Nazi concentration camp inmates--Australia--History--20th century.
- Nazi concentration camp inmates.
- Australia.
- History.
- Internment camp inmates--Asia--History--20th century.
- Nazi concentration camp inmates--Asia--History--20th century.
- Asia.
- Physical Description:
- x, 262 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
- Summary:
- The Japanese captured 1500 Australian civilians during World War II. They spent the war interned in harsh, prison-like camps throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Civilian internees - though not members of the armed forces - endured hardship, privation and even death at the hands of the enemy. This book tells the stories of Australian civilians interned by the Japanese in World War II. By re-creating the daily lives and dramas within internment camps, it explores how captivity posed different dilemmas for the men, women and children held there.
- Australia's Forgotten Prisoners is the first general history of Australians interned by the Japanese in World War II. It examines the attitude of the Australian government to the prisoners, considers the experience of individuals who collaborated with the Japanese, and offers an explanation as to why these forgotten prisoners have never featured in commemorations of Australian participation in the Pacific war.
- Contents:
- Part I The Early 1940s
- 1 Casualties of war 21
- Part II Captivity
- 2 Race 41
- 3 Community and conflict 59
- 4 Collaboration 78
- 5 Sex and health 95
- Part III Freedom
- 6 Liberation 123
- 7 Homecoming 146
- 8 Legacy 162
- 9 Compensation 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [242]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780521612890
- 0521612896
- OCLC:
- 72354340
- Online:
- Publisher description
- Contributor biographical information
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