Colonel K P Mackenzie (4 results)

Hardcover . Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. With 201pp and illustrations - describes experiences and atrocities as a P.O.W in Burma during W.W.II - covers slightly marked. S, HARD COVER, NO DUST JACKET, COVERS MARKED O/W GOOD CONDITION, EXCELLENT VALUE .

Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. First Edition. price clipped dj has minor edge wear and some soiling. Shelf wear. W1 1. Map & Photo Reproductions, Sketches (illustrator).

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. Unclipped DJ in archival cover.

Hard. Published in 1954 by Christopher Johnson, Colonel K. P. Mackenzie's Operation Rangoon Jail stands as one of the most remarkable, harrowing accounts of military imprisonment and medical resilience to emerge from the Southeast Asian theater of World War II. Serving as a senior medical officer in the Indian Medical Service, Mackenzie was captured during the chaotic Allied retreat through Burma and subsequently incarcerated inside the infamous Central Jail in Rangoon. This powerful first edition details his arduous tenure as the senior British officer within the prison, where he heroically organized basic medical care, maintained military discipline, and safeguarded the lives of hundreds of Allied captives under brutal, under-resourced conditions. Issued by Christopher Johnson, an independent London publishing house acclaimed for its specialized military memoirs and medical biographies, the volume provides crucial, unsparing historical testimony regarding the psychological and physical endurance of prisoners of war in Japanese hands. Mackenzie's prose balances stoic clinical observation with profound human compassion, capturing the triumphs of solidarity amidst overwhelming deprivation. Surviving examples of this mid-century printing have become notably difficult to secure in collectible condition, establishing the work as a crucial, highly desirable cornerstone for serious collectors of World War II military history, medical memoirs, and Burmese campaign literature. The endpapers have some significant toning with an inscriptiion on the front endpaper. Spine cracked at the front endpaper. A name also on the title page. Burma.…