Thailand-Burma Railway,1942-1946 : Documents and Selected Writings : (RoutledgeCurzon Library of Modern South-East Asia)

ISBN 10: 0415309506 / ISBN 13: 9780415309509

Published by Routledge, 2005

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Original Printing Brand New The construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma in the Second World War using forced labour and prisoners of war has been the subject of numerous memoirs, novels and the famous Hollywood film The Bridge over the River Kwai. Yet documentation and primary sources offering an account of the railway from a Japanese, Allied, POW and post-war perspective are scarce. This six-volume collection uses documents from archives in Australia, Great Britain, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the United States, Myanmar, Thailand and Japan to present a complete picture of the reality of the 'death' railway. Seller Inventory # 78860

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Title: Thailand-Burma Railway,1942-1946 : Documents...

Publisher: Routledge

Publication Date: 2005

Binding: Hardcover

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The construction of the railway between Thailand and Burma in the Second World War using forced labour and prisoners of war has been the subject of numerous memoirs, novels and the famous Hollywood film The Bridge over the River Kwai. Yet documentation and primary sources offering an account of the railway from a Japanese, Allied, POW and post-war perspective are scarce. This six-volume collection uses documents from archives in Australia, Great Britain, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands, the United States, Myanmar, Thailand and Japan to present a complete picture of the reality of the 'death' railway.

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National University of Singapore