Slaves Of The Samurai
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: slight lean to book; board remains clean and bright; minor glue reside on the dj and front/rear pastedown.
In the brutal crucible of World War II's Pacific theatre, Slaves of the Samurai stands as a harrowing and deeply personal testament to survival — an Australian officer's unvarnished account of over three years spent as a Prisoner of War under Japanese captivity. Colonel W. S. Kent Hughes, M.V.O., M.C., chronicles his ordeal through the lens of a soldier, a scholar, and a man of remarkable resilience, drawing on the philosophy and psychology of the Samurai culture that governed his captors, offering readers a rare and unflinching insider perspective on one of the war's most brutal chapters. Beyond its value as a primary historical document, this work carries significant literary and cultural weight, illuminating the complex interplay between Eastern martial ideology and the suffering it imposed upon thousands of Allied prisoners. Kent Hughes writes with measured authority and restrained emotion, a style that renders the horror all the more visceral and the humanity all the more profound. A critical record of endurance, dignity, and the indomitable Australian spirit, this is a book that asks — and answers — what it truly means to survive.
Author: W. S. Kent Hughes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1946, Geoffrey Cumberlege, Oxford University Press, Leighton House, Melbourne
Genre: WW2
Edition: 1st ed.,
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Yellowed
Markings: Previous owner
Condition remarks: slight lean to book; board remains clean and bright; minor glue reside on the dj and front/rear pastedown.
In the brutal crucible of World War II's Pacific theatre, Slaves of the Samurai stands as a harrowing and deeply personal testament to survival — an Australian officer's unvarnished account of over three years spent as a Prisoner of War under Japanese captivity. Colonel W. S. Kent Hughes, M.V.O., M.C., chronicles his ordeal through the lens of a soldier, a scholar, and a man of remarkable resilience, drawing on the philosophy and psychology of the Samurai culture that governed his captors, offering readers a rare and unflinching insider perspective on one of the war's most brutal chapters. Beyond its value as a primary historical document, this work carries significant literary and cultural weight, illuminating the complex interplay between Eastern martial ideology and the suffering it imposed upon thousands of Allied prisoners. Kent Hughes writes with measured authority and restrained emotion, a style that renders the horror all the more visceral and the humanity all the more profound. A critical record of endurance, dignity, and the indomitable Australian spirit, this is a book that asks — and answers — what it truly means to survive.