The Burma Siam Railway
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.
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In one of the most harrowing accounts to emerge from the darkest theatre of the Second World War, The Burma Siam Railway chronicles the secret diary of Dr. Robert Hardie, a British medical officer who endured three years as a prisoner of war under the brutal regime of the Imperial Japanese Army. Forced alongside over 61,000 Allied prisoners to construct the infamous 415-kilometre railway linking Burma and Thailand, Hardie documented with unflinching precision the relentless hardships, grinding monotony, disease, and systematic humiliations that defined daily existence on what became known as the Railway of Death. Written in secret and at great personal risk, Hardie's diary stands as a remarkable document of human endurance and moral witness, offering an intimate, ground-level perspective that official histories could never capture. His clinical background as a doctor lends the account a measured, unsentimental authority, making the suffering he describes all the more devastating. Rich in historical detail yet deeply personal in its voice, this testimony raises profound questions about resilience, captivity, and the cost of war — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the man who entered that jungle ever truly returned.
Author: Robert Hardie
Format: Paperback
Genre: WW2
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
In one of the most harrowing accounts to emerge from the darkest theatre of the Second World War, The Burma Siam Railway chronicles the secret diary of Dr. Robert Hardie, a British medical officer who endured three years as a prisoner of war under the brutal regime of the Imperial Japanese Army. Forced alongside over 61,000 Allied prisoners to construct the infamous 415-kilometre railway linking Burma and Thailand, Hardie documented with unflinching precision the relentless hardships, grinding monotony, disease, and systematic humiliations that defined daily existence on what became known as the Railway of Death. Written in secret and at great personal risk, Hardie's diary stands as a remarkable document of human endurance and moral witness, offering an intimate, ground-level perspective that official histories could never capture. His clinical background as a doctor lends the account a measured, unsentimental authority, making the suffering he describes all the more devastating. Rich in historical detail yet deeply personal in its voice, this testimony raises profound questions about resilience, captivity, and the cost of war — leaving the reader to wonder how much of the man who entered that jungle ever truly returned.