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Captive Memories: Far East Pows & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Meg Parkes
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Description for Captive Memories: Far East Pows & Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Paperback. Captive Memories charts the fascinating history of the relationship between the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine and the Far East POW veterans, using eyewitness accounts and personal perspectives of those involved. Num Pages: 272 pages, Approximately 40 illustrations and photographs. BIC Classification: HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
Conditions for Far East Prisoners of War were truly hellish. Appalling diseases were rife, the stench indescribable. Food and equipment were minimal or non existent. Men died daily, many in agony from which there was no relief. And yet, in the midst of such horrors, the human spirit steadfastly refused to be broken. Captives helped each other, intense bonds were formed, selfless sacrifces made. Tools and medical equipment were fashioned from whatever could be found, anything that could make life more bearable. Resilience, resourcefulness, pride and camaraderie; these were the keys to survival. Freedom, for those who made it, meant ... Read more
Conditions for Far East Prisoners of War were truly hellish. Appalling diseases were rife, the stench indescribable. Food and equipment were minimal or non existent. Men died daily, many in agony from which there was no relief. And yet, in the midst of such horrors, the human spirit steadfastly refused to be broken. Captives helped each other, intense bonds were formed, selfless sacrifces made. Tools and medical equipment were fashioned from whatever could be found, anything that could make life more bearable. Resilience, resourcefulness, pride and camaraderie; these were the keys to survival. Freedom, for those who made it, meant ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Palatine Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
599g
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Lancaster, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781910837009
SKU
V9781910837009
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