Sandakan: A Conspiracy Of Silence
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover and spine; stamp on title page, otherwise internally sound.
One of the most harrowing and deliberately buried chapters of the Second World War, the Sandakan Death Marches claimed the lives of over 2,400 Australian and British prisoners of war — yet for decades, an official veil of silence was drawn across the catastrophe. Lynette Ramsay Silver's Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence chronicles this suppressed tragedy with painstaking rigour, presenting the full, devastating account of the POW camp at Sandakan, Borneo, and the brutal forced marches to Ranau that left only six survivors from among the Allied ranks. Silver argues compellingly that the silence surrounding Sandakan was not merely the fog of war but a calculated act of institutional concealment, shielding senior commanders and government officials from accountability. Drawing on decades of meticulous archival research, survivor testimonies, and previously classified documents, her work stands as a landmark in Australian military historiography — a testament to the courage of those who suffered and an indictment of those who chose to forget. For anyone who believes the full story of Australia at war has already been told, this book issues a sobering and urgent challenge.
Author: Lynette Ramsay Silver
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image; creased cover and spine; stamp on title page, otherwise internally sound.
One of the most harrowing and deliberately buried chapters of the Second World War, the Sandakan Death Marches claimed the lives of over 2,400 Australian and British prisoners of war — yet for decades, an official veil of silence was drawn across the catastrophe. Lynette Ramsay Silver's Sandakan: A Conspiracy of Silence chronicles this suppressed tragedy with painstaking rigour, presenting the full, devastating account of the POW camp at Sandakan, Borneo, and the brutal forced marches to Ranau that left only six survivors from among the Allied ranks. Silver argues compellingly that the silence surrounding Sandakan was not merely the fog of war but a calculated act of institutional concealment, shielding senior commanders and government officials from accountability. Drawing on decades of meticulous archival research, survivor testimonies, and previously classified documents, her work stands as a landmark in Australian military historiography — a testament to the courage of those who suffered and an indictment of those who chose to forget. For anyone who believes the full story of Australia at war has already been told, this book issues a sobering and urgent challenge.