Prisoners of war books

863 books were found.

In the Shadow of Death: The Story of a Medic on the Burma Railway, 1942 45

In the Shadow of Death: The Story of a Medic on the...

Author: Idris James Barwick
ISBN: 9781399014427
Format: Paperback
$44.99

An exceptional and unique personal account of brutal Japanese captivity and heart-rending comradeship by a natural...  Read More >>

Imperial Japan's Allied Prisoners of War in the South Pacific: Surviving Paradise

Imperial Japan's Allied Prisoners of War in the South...

Author: C. Kenneth Quinones
ISBN: 9781527570962
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Three weeks after Imperial Japan's surrender, five men dressed in baggy khaki uniforms stared at the camera.  Read More >>

French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison, 1805-1816: The Strangest Experiment

French and American Prisoners of War at Dartmoor Prison,...

Author: Neil Davie
ISBN: 9783030838904
Format: Hardback
$258.72

This book explores the history of Dartmoor War Prison (1805-16). This is not the well-known Victorian convict prison,...  Read More >>

Without Permission: Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs of Henry Mandel

Without Permission: Conversations, Letters, and Memoirs...

Author: Samuel Flaks
ISBN: 9781644695944
Format: Paperback
$39.99

Henry Mandel (1920-2015), a crewman aboard the Jewish Illegal Immigrant ship Abril/Ben Hecht, a prisoner in Acre...  Read More >>

You Must Endure: The Lancashire Loyals in Japanese captivity, 1942-1945

You Must Endure: The Lancashire Loyals in Japanese captivity,...

Author: Chris Given-Wilson
ISBN: 9781910837351
Format: Paperback
$25.85

This is the previously untold story of the brave Lancastrians who endured the Fall of Singapore, and their subsequent...  Read More >>

British Character and the Treatment of German Prisoners of War, 1939–48

British Character and the Treatment of German Prisoners...

Author: Alan Malpass
ISBN: 9783030489175
Format: Paperback
$232.85

Moving beyond conventional assessments of POW treatment which have focused on the development of policy, diplomatic...  Read More >>

Death and Deprivation on the Forgotten Sumatra Railway: A Prisoner's Story

Death and Deprivation on the Forgotten Sumatra Railway:...

Author: James H Banton
ISBN: 9781399006491
Format: Hardback
$59.99

The harrowing story of a POW imprisoned for 3 1/2 years surviving on rations of boiled rice, insects, rats and banana...  Read More >>

Doctor Behind the Wire: The Diaries of POW, Captain Jack Ennis, Singapore 1942-1945

Doctor Behind the Wire: The Diaries of POW, Captain...

Author: Jackie Sutherland
ISBN: 9781399010283
Format: Hardback
$75.00

Illustrated by a unique collection of postcards, letters, photographs and sketches not previously published.  Read More >>

Bombs and Barbed Wire: One Man's Great Escape

Bombs and Barbed Wire: One Man's Great Escape

Author: Jeff Steel
ISBN: 9781922488244
Format: Paperback
$29.99

His hatred of Nazism made him leave his six-month marriage to Miranda on hold. Over Germany his Halifax bomber is...  Read More >>

A Week in September: A story of enduring love from the Burma Railway

A Week in September: A story of enduring love from the...

Author: Peter Rees ,  Sue Langford
ISBN: 9781460759899
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love,...  Read More >>

Escape or Die: True stories of heroic escape in the Second World War

Escape or Die: True stories of heroic escape in the...

Author: Paul Brickhill
ISBN: 9781800324800
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Extraordinary times. Extraordinary courage.Here, from the bestselling author of The Great Escape, are eight true...  Read More >>

Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of Prisoners: Invisible Children

Contemporary Research and Analysis on the Children of...

Author: Liz Gordon
ISBN: 9781527572669
Format: Paperback
$137.15

In March 2017, researchers, advocates and NGOs from twelve countries came together in Rotorua, New Zealand, for...  Read More >>

A Week in September Bolinda

A Week in September Bolinda

Author: Peter Rees ,  Sue Langford
ISBN: 9781460789155
Format: Audio
$34.99

Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love,...  Read More >>

A Week in September Bolinda

A Week in September Bolinda

Author: Peter Rees ,  Sue Langford
ISBN: 9781460789148
Format: Audio
$34.99

Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love,...  Read More >>

Prison Elite: How Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg Survived Nazi Captivity

Prison Elite: How Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg...

Author: Erika Rummel
ISBN: 9781487527587
Format: Paperback
$49.99

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Prison Elite: How Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg Survived Nazi Captivity

Prison Elite: How Austrian Chancellor Kurt Schuschnigg...

Author: Erika Rummel
ISBN: 9781487527570
Format: Hardback
$125.00

Prison Elite depicts the life of a VIP prisoner in the Nazi concentration camp system, providing a first-hand account...  Read More >>

A Week in September Bolinda

A Week in September Bolinda

Author: Peter Rees ,  Sue Langford
ISBN: 9781460789162
Format: Audio
$34.99

"Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love,...  Read More >>

Spike Island's Republican Prisoners, 1921

Spike Island's Republican Prisoners, 1921

Author: Tom O'Neill, MA
ISBN: 9780750996273
Format: Paperback
$49.99

The first book about the republican internees and prisoners held on Spike Island by the British Army during 1921...  Read More >>

Lilia: A True Story of Love, Courage, and Survival in the Shadow of War

Lilia: A True Story of Love, Courage, and Survival in...

Author: Linda Ganzini
ISBN: 9781777607302
Format: Hardback
$64.66

Trapped under Mussolini's reign and Hitler's occupation, Lilia is a riveting true story propelled by a brave girl's...  Read More >>

The Cell in Vladimir

The Cell in Vladimir

Author: Lt. Col. Charles Wood
ISBN: 9781913012380
Format: Hardback
$51.72

On 2 September 1944, a German Wehrmacht Liaison Officer was captured by the Russians in Bucharest. His name was...  Read More >>

Lilia: A True Story of Love, Courage, and Survival in the Shadow of War

Lilia: A True Story of Love, Courage, and Survival in...

Author: Linda Ganzini
ISBN: 9781777607319
Format: Paperback
$33.61

Trapped under Mussolini's reign and Hitler's occupation, this riveting true story is propelled by a brave girl's...  Read More >>

Stalag 383 Bavaria: A History of the Camp, the Escapes and the Liberation

Stalag 383 Bavaria: A History of the Camp, the Escapes...

Author: Stephen Wynn
ISBN: 9781526757241
Format: Hardback
$59.99

The camps prisoners came mainly from defeats at St Valery, Dunkirk, and Crete.  Read More >>

The Easy Day Was Yesterday: Life, The SAS and 24 Days in Jail

The Easy Day Was Yesterday: Life, The SAS and 24 Days...

Author: Paul Jordan
ISBN: 9781922387950
Format: Paperback
$29.99

My SAS selection course instructor, was as hard as nails. At the start of each day’s training, he would say, ‘Men,...  Read More >>

Dissenting POWs: From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America Today

Dissenting POWs: From Vietnam’s Hoa Lo Prison to America...

Author: Tom Wilber ,  Jerry Lembcke
ISBN: 9781583679081
Format: Paperback
$41.99

"Even if you don't know much about the war in Vietnam, you've probably heard of ""The Hanoi Hilton,"" or Hoa Lo...  Read More >>

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