Return From The River Kwai
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the harrowing final chapter of one of World War II's most brutal sagas, thousands of Allied prisoners of war who survived the infamous Death Railway along the River Kwai faced a new and deadly peril — the voyage home. Return From the River Kwai chronicles the little-known story of the Japanese hellship transports that carried these emaciated survivors across treacherous Pacific waters in 1944, only to be unknowingly targeted and sunk by American submarines and aircraft, resulting in one of the war's most tragic cases of friendly fire. Drawing on meticulous archival research and riveting firsthand survivor accounts, Joan and Clay Blair Jr. reconstruct the chaos, desperation, and extraordinary courage of men who had already endured the unimaginable, only to face annihilation at the hands of their own side. A searing work of narrative history, this account stands as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit under the most catastrophic of circumstances. The Blairs, seasoned historians of World War II military operations, bring forensic precision and deep empathy to a story that had long been buried beneath the more celebrated legend of the River Kwai bridge, presenting a stark corrective to sanitised accounts of wartime heroism. For anyone who thought they knew the full story of the River Kwai prisoners, this book delivers a devastating and unforgettable revelation.
Author: Joan And Clay Blair, Jr.
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Simon & Schuster
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears
Pages: Tanning and foxing
In the harrowing final chapter of one of World War II's most brutal sagas, thousands of Allied prisoners of war who survived the infamous Death Railway along the River Kwai faced a new and deadly peril — the voyage home. Return From the River Kwai chronicles the little-known story of the Japanese hellship transports that carried these emaciated survivors across treacherous Pacific waters in 1944, only to be unknowingly targeted and sunk by American submarines and aircraft, resulting in one of the war's most tragic cases of friendly fire. Drawing on meticulous archival research and riveting firsthand survivor accounts, Joan and Clay Blair Jr. reconstruct the chaos, desperation, and extraordinary courage of men who had already endured the unimaginable, only to face annihilation at the hands of their own side. A searing work of narrative history, this account stands as a powerful testament to the resilience of the human spirit under the most catastrophic of circumstances. The Blairs, seasoned historians of World War II military operations, bring forensic precision and deep empathy to a story that had long been buried beneath the more celebrated legend of the River Kwai bridge, presenting a stark corrective to sanitised accounts of wartime heroism. For anyone who thought they knew the full story of the River Kwai prisoners, this book delivers a devastating and unforgettable revelation.