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Building the Death Railway: The Ordeal of American Pows in Burma, 1942-1945
by Robert S. LaForte
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (1993-01-01)
ISBN: 084202428X
EAN: 9780842024280
Dewey Decimal #: 940.54725209591
Binding/Media: Hardcover - 328 pages
Edition: 1ST
SKU: 01167
Condition: Used: Like New
Comments: Great condition. First printing. Inscribed, and SIGNED BY AUTHOR. Clean interior. Dust jacket has only minor shelf wear.
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Editorial Reviews
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Product Description
The Oscar-winning movie _Bridge Over the River Kwai_ dramatized to millions the building of the infamous Japanese _Death Railway_ - the supply line for Japan's planned invasion of India during World War II. But the movie told only part of the story, giving the impression that all men working on the line were British. In fact, 668 Americans - serving on the USS Houston and with the Texas National Guard's Second Battalion - worked alongside the other Allied troops in the jungle camps. In _Building the Death Railway_, their story is told for the first time.
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Customer Reviews
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A unique perspective
Rating  (4)
Date: 2009-06-28
1 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
Having read a number of books (memoirs) of Japanese pow experiences, I found this one surprisingly unique. It documents the exact words of prisoners, as transcribed from their personal oral interviews. Indeed, the "author" notes that he did not write the book, but merely edited it.
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Justification
Rating  (5)
Date: 2009-06-26
0 out of 1 customers found this reveiw helpful
I was privileged to know, albeit briefly, one of the American men cited in this book -- a fellow Texan I am proud to say.
This fascinating and revolting book fully illuminates why it was absolutely necessary to vaporize two cities in the society which produced the monsters responsible for the "Greater Southeast Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere." They all deserve to rest not in peace, but in the Bad Place... forever and ever Amen.
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