Beyond surrender : Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century

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Full Title:: Beyond surrender : Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century / Joan Beaumont, Lachlan Grant, Aaron Pegram

Additional Author/Creators:: Beaumont, Joan, editor
Grant, Lachlan, 1982-, editor
Pegram, Aaron, editor

Subjects:: Prisoners of war--Australia
World War, 1914-1918--Prisoners and prisons, Australian
World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Australian
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons, Australian
Australia--History, Military--20th century

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 Australia; Appendix; Further reading; Index
Language:: English
Physical Type/Description:: 1 online resource : illustrations, maps
General Note:: Includes index.