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The Sportsmen of Changi
Kevin Blackburn
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Description for The Sportsmen of Changi
Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJH; HBWQ; JWXR; WS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
Japanese World War II POW camps conjure up a notorious picture of deprivation and brutality. The idea that sport, of all things, flourished in such hellish conditions is hard to envisage - but the truth is, it did. Captives played Aussie Rules football and rugby at the infamous Changi prisoner-of-war camp, and tennis on the Burmese side of the Burma-Thailand Railway. They played soccer, cricket, baseball or basketball, and sometimes their prison guards even joined in for a game. There were many elite sportsmen in these ranks intent on reviving their sporting careers after returning home at war's end, and ... Read more
Japanese World War II POW camps conjure up a notorious picture of deprivation and brutality. The idea that sport, of all things, flourished in such hellish conditions is hard to envisage - but the truth is, it did. Captives played Aussie Rules football and rugby at the infamous Changi prisoner-of-war camp, and tennis on the Burmese side of the Burma-Thailand Railway. They played soccer, cricket, baseball or basketball, and sometimes their prison guards even joined in for a game. There were many elite sportsmen in these ranks intent on reviving their sporting careers after returning home at war's end, and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
UNSW Press Australia
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Number of Pages
296
Place of Publication
Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN
9781742233024
SKU
V9781742233024
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
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