Cruel Conflict: The Triumph and Tragedy of HMAS Perth by Kathryn Spurling

Book Description

Secondhand. Good condition. Ex library book with protective plastic covering. Partial date due slip on inside page. Wear to page corners and edges. Starting of sunning of book foredges.

Cruel Conflict is the story of the men who served in HMAS Perth between 1939 and 1942. The courage and humour of those who were taken as prisoners of war, who endured the hardships of the camps and laboured on the Burma-Thailand railway is a story of triumph and tragedy.

Kathryn Spurling has interviewed the survivors and their families as well as mining thousands of documents to weave together a moving tale. It is ultimately a story of chance, endurance and the power of the human spirit. (publisher blurb)