Japanese Prisoners of War Tapa dura - 2003

Hardback. Very Good.

Bloomsbury Academic, 2003. Hardcover. Good. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Hambledon & London: Continnuum-3PL. Very Good/Very Good. 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. 8vo 1852851929 Dust jacket complete, unclipped, fading to spine colour. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. No ownership marks. 216 pages clean and tight. Dimensions: 15.6 x 1.4 x 594.2 cm. During World War II the Japanese were stereotyped in the European imagination as fanatical, cruel, almost inhuman - an image reflected in most books and films about prisoner of war in the Far East. While the Japanese certainly treated those they captured badly, behaving far worse to Chinese and native captives than to Europeans, the conventional view of the Japanese is unhistorical and simplistic. It fails to recognize that the Japanese were acting at a time of supreme national crisis trial, at a particular period of their history, and that their attitudes were influenced by a combination of their perception of their own racial identity mixed with a powerful historical tradition. This… Leer más

Bloomsbury Academic & Professional. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Hard Cover. New. New Book; Fast Shipping from UK; Not signed; Not First Edition; The Japanese Prisoners of War.

Hardback. New. During World War II the Japanese were stereotyped in the European imagination as fanatical, cruel, almost inhuman. This collection aims to see this issue from an historical view, from a western and Japanese perspective. It also looks at the treatment of Japanese prisoners in Allied captivity.

Bloomsbury Academic, 2003-02-05. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!