The Burma-Thailand Railway: Memory and History edited by Gavan McCormack and Hank Nelson
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The Burma-Thailand Railway: Memory and History edited by Gavan McCormack and Hank Nelson

TBM9781863734233
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ISBN: 9781863734233
Author: Gavan McCormack (editor)
Additional Authors: Hank Nelson (editor)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Place: St Leonards NSW
Year: 1993
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 175 pages
Book Type: SECONDHAND
Period: 20th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Book has minor edgewear only. Previous owner has inscribed inside blank page. Minor chip on same blank page. Interior and binding otherwise are excellent. Dust jacket has minor creasing at top and tail.

Between November 1942 and October 1943 a force of about 60,000 prisoners of the Imperial Japanese Army, together with an even greater number of locally conscripted labourers, was mobilized to construct a railway from Kanchanaburi in Thailand to Thanbuyzayat in Burma.

Many died in the construction process, including 12,000 POWs (2,800 of them Australian). They died from overwork, beatings, exhaustion and disease - the result of their taskmasters' cruelty.

Survivors have carried the physical and psychological scars ever since. The crimes committed in order to build the railway need to be understood. In this book some of the Australian survivors, and distinguished Japanese and Australian historians, attempt to come to a real understanding of what happened on the railway and why.

Includes bibliographical references and index

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