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The Sportsmen of Changi.
Australian prisoners of war playing sport, at times with their captors, does not fit the picture embedded in the popular imagination of horror and suffering in Japanese POW camps during WWII. But incredibly, sport flourished amidst the hellish conditions in these camps. The Sportsmen of Changi is a...
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Chicago :
University of New South Wales Press,
2012.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Cover; About the Author; Copyright; Contents; Glossary; Acknowledgments; Introduction; LEAVING HOME; 1. An army of athletes; 2. The sports war of 1941; BATTLE; 3. The Battle of Malaya; 4. Singapore falls; CAPTIVITY; Photo Insert; 5. Changi POW camp and its cricket 'Tests'; 6. Changi's football season; 7. Changi guards versus prisoners games; 8. Sport and captivity in the worst camps; HOME AGAIN; 9. Resuming sporting careers; Conclusion; References; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a Australian prisoners of war playing sport, at times with their captors, does not fit the picture embedded in the popular imagination of horror and suffering in Japanese POW camps during WWII. But incredibly, sport flourished amidst the hellish conditions in these camps. The Sportsmen of Changi is a moving account of diggers for whom sport was not just a means to boost morale and an escape from a dreadful reality, but a way of feeling human in the face of inhuman suffering. Captives played Aussie Rules football at the infamous Changi Prison, and tennis on the Burmese side of the Burma-Thail. | ||
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