The anguish of surrender : Japanese POW's of World War II /

"On December 6, 1941, Ensign Kazuo Sakamaki was one of a handful of men selected to skipper midget subs on a suicide mission to breach Pearl Harbor's defenses. When his equipment malfunctioned, he couldn't find the entrance to the harbor. He hit several reefs, splitting the sub, and s...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Straus, Ulrich
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Japonés
Published: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, ©2003.
Series:Donald R. Ellegood International Publications.
Subjects:
Burggefängnis
Umschulungswerkstätten für Siedler und Auswanderer > Bitterfeld
1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 > Prisoners and prisons, American.
Prisoners of war > Japan.
Prisoners of war > Southeast Asia.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Southeast Asia.
Prisonniers de guerre > Japon.
Prisonniers de guerre > Asie du Sud-Est.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Camps d'internement > Asie du Sud-Est.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Asian American Studies.
Internment camps.
Prisoners of war.
Japanischer Kriegsgefangener
Pazifikkrieg > 1941-1945
Kriegsgefangenenlager.
Southeast Asia > History.
Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire.
Japan.
Southeast Asia.
USA.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Prisoner Number One
  • Japan's Policy on Prisoners of War
  • Indoctrination into the Senjinkun
  • Honorable Death or Shameful Life
  • America's Secret Weapons: The Army and Navy Japanese Language Schools
  • The Interrogations
  • A Few Very Special POWs
  • Uprisings in the Stockades
  • Everyday Life in the Stockades
  • Returning Home Alive
  • Reflections on Japan's Wartime No-Surrender Policy.

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