Prisoners of war

In contrast to the plethora of works focusing on the tragic loss of human lives during the First World War, little is known about the more hopeful realities of thousands of prisoners of war from Britain, France, Germany and Belgium who were sent to Switzerland from 1916.

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occupation.

Prisoners of the Sumatra Railway is the first book to detail the experiences of British former prisoners of war (POWs) who were forced to construct a railway across Sumatra during the Japanese occupation.

Discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II.

Discusses the experience of nearly 100,000 French colonial prisoners of war captured by Nazi Germany during World War II.

First in-depth, comparative study of the treatment of prisoners of war during the First World War.

First in-depth, comparative study of the treatment of prisoners of war during the First World War.

This book explores the individual and complex experiences of captors and prisoners, and the practice of ransoming, in the Hundred Years War.

This book explores the individual and complex experiences of captors and prisoners, and the practice of ransoming, in the Hundred Years War.

Examines how all four Allied powers interned alleged Nazis without trial in camps only recently liberated from Nazi control.

Examines how all four Allied powers interned alleged Nazis without trial in camps only recently liberated from Nazi control.

Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of Australians in German captivity in the First World War.

Surviving the Great War is the first detailed analysis of Australians in German captivity in the First World War.

By the spring of 1941, the enemy had taken much of Southern Europe: Bulgaria, Yugoslavia, Albania, Greece, and with Italy in the Axis it stood to dominate.

This study reveals the experiences and emotional lives of British prisoners of war in Germany and Italy during the Second World War.

This study reveals the experiences and emotional lives of British prisoners of war in Germany and Italy during the Second World War.

Lotchin argues that the World War II relocation of Japanese-Americans was motivated by fear of Japan, rather than racism.

Lotchin argues that the World War II relocation of Japanese-Americans was motivated by fear of Japan, rather than racism.

An original investigation dedicated to the captivity experiences of British military servicemen captured by Germany in the First World War.

An original investigation dedicated to the captivity experiences of British military servicemen captured by Germany in the First World War.

Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger’s No Flight from the Cage received critical acclaim.

A DAILY MAIL, FINANCIAL TIMES AND PROSPECT POLITICS BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE BEST BOOK BY A NON-PARLIAMENTARIAN IN THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS'Quite simply the best and most powerful book I've read this year' David Peace'A magnificent book .

Prison Pens presents the memoir of a captured Confederate soldier in northern Virginia and the letters he exchanged with his fiancee during the Civil War.

Heroic accounts of American women who faced combat, surrender, and captivity.

Today USS Pampanito is a tourist destination.

When must a current government attempt to come to terms with the wrongs of governments long past?

Focusing on these and other thematic issues, Bohdan Kordan assesses the policy and practice of civilian internment in Canada during the Great War and provides a clear yet critical statement about the complex and troubling nature of this experience.

After an unusual interrogation at the hands of the Local Defence Force in County Clare, Keefer and Calder were transferred to a makeshift prison camp in County Kildare B right next to a similar camp for German prisoners.

Survival, heroism, courage and mateship in Ambon - a place of nightmares.

Michael Caulfield presents accounts of Australian prisoners of war, capturing the Aussie spirit that manages to endure through all.

America's current War on Terror is causing a readjustment of centuries of POW policies.

The internment of thousands of Japanese Americans during World War II is one of the most shameful episodes in American history.

The harrowing true story of the Scottish battalion that spent over three years in Japanese captivity during World War II.

"e;A chilling study of the .

The Dodger is the long-awaited story of Johnny Dodge, a wartime hero and a pivotal figure in the escapade immortalised in the legendary Hollywood film The Great Escape.

Told here for the first time in vivid detail is the story of the defenders of Wake Island following their surrender to the Japanese on December 23, 1941.

Prisoners suffer in every conflict, but American servicemen captured during the Korean War faced a unique ordeal.

';The cement slabs and decaying fountains obscured by vegetation at the site of Camp Hearne echo a time forgotten of a bustling city of nearly 5,000 men brought together by world conflict.

Originally published in 1956, former Second World War prisoner-of-war Calton Younger’s No Flight from the Cage received critical acclaim.

The bestselling story of Britain's most courageous and most famous flyer, the Second World War hero Sir Douglas Bader.

On 6 April 1943, Ian Reid, an officer in the Black Watch, was wounded and captured in Tunisia and sent off to an Italian prisoner-of-war camp.

The internment of 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain on the Allied record of human rights on the home front.

The internment of 'enemy aliens' during the Second World War was arguably the greatest stain on the Allied record of human rights on the home front.

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERAs seen on This MorningBack in the day, I was Governor of Security and Operations for HMP Wormwood Scrubs.

The riveting story of the missing piece of Australia's World War II history, told by bestselling historian Mat McLachlan (Walking with the Anzacs, Gallipoli: The Battlefield Guide).

In October 1943 Winston Churchill, Franklin D.