The Burma-Thailand Railway : MEMORY AND HISTORY
by Gavan McCormack, Hank Nelson
About this title: 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 mobilised 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. Contributors include Tom Uren, Hugh V. Clarke and Sir Edward (Weary) Dunlop.
Binding: Hard Cover Publisher: Allen & Unwin, Sydney, NSW, Australia Date Published: 1993 ISBN-13: 9781863734233 ISBN: 1863734236
Description: Good in Good jacket.. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Light wear, clean and bright pages, minor edgewear to Jaket. A nice copy 1st Edition 175 pages with b/w photos.
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