Beyond surrender : Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century /

Beyond surrender : Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century /

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Bibliographic Details
Imprint:South Carlton, Victoria : Melbourne University Press, 2015.
Description:1 online resource : illustrations, maps
Language:English
Subject: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.
Prisoners of war.
Australia -- History, Military -- 20th century.
Australia.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
Military history.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12016280
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Other authors / contributors:Beaumont, Joan, editor.
Grant, Lachlan, 1982- editor.
Pegram, Aaron, editor.
ISBN:0522866212
9780522866216
9780522866209
0522866204
9780522868784
0522868789
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Print version record.
Summary:Over the twentieth century 35,000 Australians suffered as prisoners of war in conflicts ranging from World War I to Korea. What was the reality of their captivity? Beyond Surrender presents for the first time the diversity of the Australian 'behind-the-wire' experience, dissecting fact from fiction and myth from reality.Beyond Surrender examines the impact that different types of camps, commandants and locations had on surrender, survival, prison life and the prospects of escape. It considers the attitudes of Australian governments to those who had surrendered, the work of relief agencies and the agony of families waiting at home for their husbands, brothers and fathers to be freed.Covering several conflicts and diverse sites of captivity, Beyond Surrender showcases new research from Kate Ariotti, Joan Beaumont, Lachlan Grant, Jeffrey Grey, Karl James, Jennifer Lawless, Peter Monteath, Melanie Oppenheimer, Aaron Pegram, Lucy Robertson, Seumas Spark and Christina Twomey.
Other form:Print version: Beyond Surrender. Melbourne : Melbourne University Press, 2015 0522866204

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