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Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45 [Construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway -- The "Fepow" prayer -- Introduction -- Part one. Surrender -- Interlude : "We feel let down rather" -- Changi -- Interlude : Christmas in captivity -- The railway of death -- Interlude : A walk along the River Kwai -- The real story of the bridge on the River Kwai -- Interlude : Boon Pong -- "Speedo" -- Interlude : Smokey Joe's -- Sonkurai : Valley of the Shadow of Death --
MacArthur, Brian ; James Sanders, Rod Suddaby, Margaret Lewis, Peter Stanley, David Joliffe, Roland Philipps, Hilary Rubenstein, Ursula Mackenzie, David Young, Stephen Guise, Peter Cotton, Nann de Sautoy, Diane Spivey, Tamsin Barrack, Alan Samson, Robert Loomis, Evan Camfield, Daniel Barrett, Robin Glendenning, Peter Field, Duncan Stuart, Philip Parr, ; prisoners, Stephen Alexander, Lewis Altman, James Bradley, Jack Chalker, Tom Evans, Stanley Gimson, Reuben Kandler, Peter Jamieson, Eric Lomax, James Mudie, Ray Parkin, Nowell Peach, Charles Peall, Fred Ryall, Arthur Titherington, John Stewart Ullman, Loet Velmans
Language: English
Published by New York : Random House, c2005.xxx, 458 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. 2005
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. xxx, 458 p. : ill., 1 map ; 25 cm. ; LCCn 2004054193 ; ISBN 9781400064137, 1400064139 ; OCLC 56413352 ; black cloth in photographic dustjacket ; Contents: Author's note -- Map : Construction of the Burma-Thailand Railway -- The "Fepow" prayer -- Introduction -…- Part one. Surrender -- Interlude : "We feel let down rather" -- Changi -- Interlude : Christmas in captivity -- The railway of death -- Interlude : A walk along the River Kwai -- The real story of the bridge on the River Kwai -- Interlude : Boon Pong -- "Speedo" -- Interlude : Smokey Joe's -- Sonkurai : Valley of the Shadow of Death -- Interlude : Ave Maria -- The railway opens -- Part two. Survival -- Cooks Food -- Religion -- Jungle medicine -- Smoking Gone with the Wind -- King Rat -- Letters -- Entertainment -- Sports -- Ingenuity -- The "canaries" -- Officers and gentlemen -- Part three. The hellships -- Interlude : A happy ending -- Japan -- Interlude : The "Jap-happy" -- Haruku -- Interlude : A conjuring trick -- Sandakan -- Interlude : Mozart -- Changi 1944-45 -- Interlude : "Don't let this thing drag on much longer" -- Freedom -- Interlude : Bushido -- Home at last -- Epilogue : The last post -- Postscript : What became of them? ; FINE/FINE. Book.
