The Battle Within : POWs in Post-War Australia.
"This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Their struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation and acknowledgement from their own country was just begin...
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| 505 | 0 | |a Intro; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Introduction; Part I: Official attitudes to POWs; 1. A matter of dishonour?; 2. A bit queer; 3. Three bob a day; 4. The Prisoners of War Trust Fund; Part II: The POW story; 5. Rebuilding a life; 6. POW marriages; Part III: Coming to terms with Asia; 7. Reconciliation with Japan; 8. Rewards and regional relationships; Part IV: The battle resolved; 9. Prisoners in the time of trauma; Epilogue; Coda; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index. | |
| 520 | |a "This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Their struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation and acknowledgement from their own country was just beginning. This moving book shows that 'the battle within' was both a personal and a national one. Prize-winning historian Christina Twomey finds that official policies and attitudes towards these men were equivocal and arbitrary for almost forty years. The image of a defeated and emaciated soldier held prisoner by people of a different race did not sit well with the mythology of Anzac. Drawing on the records of the Prisoner of War Trust Fund for the first time, this book presents the struggles of returned prisoners in their own words. It also shows that memories of captivity forged new connections with people of the Asia-Pacific region, as former POWs sought to reconcile with their captors and honour those who had helped them. A grateful nation ultimately lauded and commemorated POWs as worthy veterans from the 1980s, but the real story of the fight to get there has not been told until now."--Publisher description. | ||
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