The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945

by Archer, Bernice

• ISBN13: 9789622099104
• ISBN10: 9622099106
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-08-30
• Publisher: Hong Kong Univ Pr

Summary

Anyone with an interest in the Second World War in the Far East is familiar with military and Prisoner-of-War narratives. But how the 130,000 British, Dutch and American civilian men, women and children captured and interned by the Japanese in the Far East during the same period survived their internment is less well-known. How did these colonial people react to the sudden humiliation of surrender? How did they adapt to three-and-a-half years in Japanese camps in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, the Philippines and the Dutch East Indies? The Internment of Western Civilians under the Japanese 1941-1945 addresses these questions.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	p. vi
Acknowledgements	p. viii
Introduction	p. 1
The Prelude to War	p. 29
The Men's Response to Internment	p. 65
The Women's Response to Internment	p. 115
The Children's Response to Internment	p. 173
Conclusion	p. 217
Epilogue	p. 237
Notes on the Oral History: Method Interviews and Correspondents	p. 250
References	p. 257
Index	p. 278
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