书目

SingaporeBurning:HeroismandSurrenderinWorldWarII

  • 作者 Colin Smith著
  • 出版社 Penguin
  • 出版时间 2006年5月
  • ISBN 9780141010366
  • 定价 154.10

内容简介

Churchill'sdescriptionofthefallofSingaporeon15February1942,afterLt-GenPercival'ssurrenderledtoover100,000British,Australian,andIndiantroopsfallingintothehandsoftheJapanese,wasnowartimeexaggeration.TheJapanesehadpromisedthattherewouldbenoDunkirkinSingapore,anditsfallledtoimprisonment,torture,anddeathforthousandsofalliedmenandwomen.WithmuchnewmaterialfromBritish,Australian,IndianandJapanesesources,ColinSmithhaswoventogetherthefullandterrifyingstoryofthefallofSingaporeanditsaftermath.Here,alongsidecowardiceandincompetence,areforgottenactsofenormousheroism;treacheryyetheart-rendingloyalty;JapanesecompassionaswellasbrutalityfromthebravestandmostcapriciousenemytheBritisheverhadtoface.

作者简介

ColinSmithisanauthorandaward-winningjournalist.HecoveredmanywarsfortheObserverandservedtermsasitsDefence,MiddleEast,AsiaandWashingtoncorrespondent.Hispreviousbooksinclude(withJohnBierman)Alamein:WarWithoutHate.

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