Beyond surrender : Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century /

Over the twentieth century 35,000 Australians suffered as prisoners of war in conflicts ranging from World War I to Korea. What was the reality of their captivity? Beyond Surrender presents for the first time the diversity of the Australian 'behind-the-wire' experience, dissecting fact fro...

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Other Authors: Beaumont, Joan (Editor), Grant, Lachlan, 1982- (Editor), Pegram, Aaron (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: South Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2015
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Maps; Tables; Abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Contributors; 1 Remembering and rethinking captivity; 2 Bold bids for freedom: Escape and Australian prisoners in Germany, 1916-18; 3 Starvation, cruelty and neglect? Captivity in the Ottoman Empire, 1915-18; 4 'At present everything is making us most anxious': Families of Australian prisoners in Turkey; 5 'Our Number One Priority': The Australian Red Cross and prisoners of war in the world wars; 6 'I hope you are not too ashamed of me': Prisoners in the siege of Tobruk, 1941
  • 7 Beyond the Colditz myth: Australian experiences of German captivity in World War II8 Australian prisoners of war of Italy in World War II: Public and private histories; 9 Changi: Military discipline in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp, 1942-45; 10 Officers and men: Rank and survival on the Thai-Burma railway; 11 Hellships, prisoner transport, and unrestricted submarine warfare in World War II; 12 Breaking barriers: The diversity of prisoner-of-war camps in Japan and Australian contacts with Japanese civilians; 13 Remembering captivity in the Korean War
  • 14 Compensating prisoners of war of Japan in post-war AustraliaAppendix; Further reading; Index