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Surviving the Sword : Prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45 by Brian MacArthur (2005, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-101400064139
ISBN-139781400064137
eBay Product ID (ePID)43434902
Product Key Features
Book TitleSurviving the Sword : Prisoners of the Japanese in the Far East, 1942-45
Number of Pages496 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicMilitary / World War II, Military / General, Asia / General
IllustratorYes
GenreHistory
AuthorBrian Macarthur
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.3 in
Item Weight28.9 Oz
Item Length6.4 in
Item Width9.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2004-054193
ReviewsPraise from United Kingdom for Surviving the Sword "Brian MacArthur has made a significant contribution to the literature of the war in the Far East, which is still much less known to us than the matching struggle in Europe." Sunday Telegraph "Brian MacArthur does an excellent job in telling a new generation of the inhumanity and degradation [prisoners of war] suffered and the remarkable courage and comradeship the men displayed in defiance of evil." Sunday Express "Here is an important, timeless story, and MacArthur does it justice." Evening Standard "[A] skillfully structured, measured and compassionate account . . . [MacArthur shows] clear perspective, narrative energy, and immense empathy." Financial Times, Praise from United Kingdom forSurviving the Sword "Brian MacArthur has made a significant contribution to the literature of the war in the Far East, which is still much less known to us than the matching struggle in Europe." Sunday Telegraph "Brian MacArthur does an excellent job in telling a new generation of the inhumanity and degradation [prisoners of war] suffered and the remarkable courage and comradeship the men displayed in defiance of evil." Sunday Express "Here is an important, timeless story, and MacArthur does it justice." Evening Standard "[A] skillfully structured, measured and compassionate account . . . [MacArthur shows] clear perspective, narrative energy, and immense empathy." Financial Times, Praise from United Kingdom for "Surviving the Sword "Brian MacArthur has made a significant contribution to the literature of the war in the Far East, which is still much less known to us than the matching struggle in Europe." -Sunday Telegraph "Brian MacArthur does an excellent job in telling a new generation of the inhumanity and degradation [prisoners of war] suffered and the remarkable courage and comradeship the men displayed in defiance of evil." -Sunday Express "Here is an important, timeless story, and MacArthur does it justice." -Evening Standard "[A] skillfully structured, measured and compassionate account . . . [MacArthur shows] clear perspective, narrative energy, and immense empathy." -Financial Times
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal940.54/7252
SynopsisSurviving the Sword draws on diaries and interviews to tell the horrific story of the American, British, and Australian prisoners held by the Japanese during World War II. Japanese and Korean guards starved and beat their prisoners; they marched them to the brink of death, transported them on overcrowded and disease-ridden "hellships," and used them as slave labor. Thousands died from tropical diseases. The diaries and sketches cited by MacArthur are evidence of great courage: if the guards had discovered them, they would have resorted to murder. But beyond the atrocities and fear, there are inspirational stories of strength and compassion: how the prisoners staged cricket matches in the jungle, risked death to steal from the Japanese, and operated on one another with razors and butcher's saws. Survivors of the camps recall an overwhelming sense of camaraderie--a silent understanding of what solidarity and friendship can mean. MacArthur's eloquent reporting captures both the despair and everyday heroism of these extraordinary men., During World War II, there were few fates that could befall a soldier so hellish as internment in a Japanese prisoner of war camp. To this day, many survivorsmost of whom are in their eightiesstill cannot talk about their experiences without unearthing terrible memories. Surviving the Sword gives voice to these tens of thousands of Allied POWs and offers us a powerful reminder of the terror and depravations of war and the resilience of the human spirit. In this important book, Brian MacArthur draws on the diaries of American, British, Dutch, and Australian Fepows (Far Eastern prisoners of war), some of whose recollections are published here for the first time. These soldiers wrote and kept their diaries, in secret, because they were determined that to record for posterity how they were starved and beaten, marched almost to death, or transported on "hellships"; how their fellows were summarily executed by guards or felled by the thousands by tropical diseases; and how they were used as slave labormost notoriously on the Burma-Thailand railway, as depicted in The Bridge on the River Kwai. The diaries excerpted in this book make plain why the Fepows believed that their brutal treatment by Japanese and Korean guards was, literally, incomprehensible to those who did not live it. The prisoners whose stories appear here risked torture and execution to keep diaries and make sketches and drawings that they hid from the guards wherever they could, sometimes burying them in the graves of lost comrades. The survivors' narratives reveal not just a litany of horrors, but are a moving testament to the nobler instincts of humanity as well, detailing how the POWs prevailed over horrible conditions, even finding or creating a precious few creature comforts and sustaining the rudiments of culture, learning, and play. Forced into solidarity by inhuman conditions, the soldiers showed incredible compassion for one another, improvising ingenious ways to care for the sick, boost morale by subtly mocking their jailers' authority, or even turn meager rations into the occasional feast. Countless thousands died in Japanese prison camps during World War II. Those fortunate enough to emerge from their ordeal were never the same again.Surviving the Swordat last fills a notable historical gap in our understanding, while also commemorating and memorializing the Fepows' struggle and sacrifice.
LC Classification NumberD805.M23 2005
