Time Life World War II “Prisoners of War” Tunnels Escape Gestapo Colditz Vatican

Description: World War II: Prisoners of War by Ronald H. Bailey and the Editors of Time-Life Books. DESCRIPTION: Hardcover: 208 pages. Publisher: Time-Life Books; (1981). CONDITION: Light shelf wear, otherwise in Very Good to Like New condition. Seemingly never read, at worst flipped through a few times. Pages are pristine; clean, unmarked, unmutilated, tightly bound. Satisfaction unconditionally guaranteed. In stock, ready to ship. No disappointments, no excuses. PROMPT SHIPPING! HEAVILY PADDED, DAMAGE-FREE PACKAGING! PLEASE SEE IMAGES BELOW FOR JACKET DESCRIPTION(S) AND FOR PAGES OF PICTURES FROM INSIDE OF BOOK. The World War II series was produced in the period of the mid 1970’s through the early 1980’s, and is widely considered to be one of the best photo-documentary/histories of World War II. Each volume undertakes to describe the major events that happened in one specific time period and/or in relation to one specific theme in the history of the world’s greatest armed conflict. The volumes are richly illustrated and the photos are simply stunning – a collection of the greatest photos taken during this conflict. This is as close as you can be to actually having been there. If you could have just one book (or series of books) to introduce the history of World War II, this would have to be it. The overviews are concise and well-written. Together with the illustration and pictures they impart a thorough and concise history of the particular thematic subject matter. Done in a style so wonderfully characteristic of Time-Life’s publications, these are over-sized “coffee table” type books full of impressive imagery. But don’t get the impression that these volumes are “fluff”. While a particular volume might not quite take the place as a university degree, the material is well-written, informative, and immensely intellectually gratifying, overview though it might be. This particular volume is entitled, “Prisoners of War”. The material is divided into six chapters: (1) The War Behind the Wire. A battle for survival. The Geneva Convention and the law of the rifle butt. The Japanese Warrior’s shame of surrender. “Beat them to death!” A microphone hidden in the window frame. Holiday camps for likely converts to Nazism. “Dear Johns” and “Mespots”. Fighting boredom behind barbed wire. Feigned insanity and faked illness. The triumph of quiet courage. Retrieving honor through death. Women: Separate but Equal Treatment. Good News from “Dad’s” Listening Post: “I’m All Right!” (2) Death Railway. A train journey to disillusionment. A strategic supply link anchoring Burma. Cutting through the jungle by hand. “We worked only when we were watched or walloped”. Scavenging for food. The rising tide of suffering and death. A Japanese camp commander’s pro-Western leanings. The agony of “speedo”. “Health follows will”. “I will come home to you”. Americans sunk by American torpedoes. Escape: A Point of Honor. Women and Children in the East Indies. The Khwae Noi River Bridge. Crowded men and empty days. Appeasing the pangs of hunger. Pastimes to nourish the mind and spirit. Forbidden contact – punishable by shooting. (3) Chances of Escape. A boat hidden by the snow. Life in fortresses with thick stone walls. A contest of wits. Clothes dyed with beet juice. “The sentries laughed when they caught me”. One hundred tunnels in two years. Murder by Hitler’s decree. “A whole society was against us”. Busts named Max and Moritz. A glider that never got off the ground. Tunneling for freedom. Breakout gadgets from MI-9. The Great Escape. Gestapo Commander Heinrich Himmler: man on the spot of the great escape. A fugitive’s aid network in Vatican City. Colditz Castle. Prison life: a bitter contest for survival. Keeping tabs on the enemy. Radio: a tenuous link to the outside world. Escape artistry: practicing the art of subterfuge. Simple mechanisms for extermination. A lethal form of detention. (4) Chaos on the Eastern Front. A pattern of abuse, manipulation, and betrayal. Interrogation by brainwashing. Mass graves planted over with pine trees. “Little Stalin horses”. Gala banquets with wine and music. Special marks to identify “subhumans”. A general without an army. Pole in a Spanish purgatory. Spinning propaganda out of broken pride. Portrait of the foe as a mob of old men. A chance to vilify the former conquerors. American Camps for POWS: A controversial break for the enemy. Accommodations on the GI Plan. In pursuit of pleasure. Replacing absent labor with prisoners. Seats at the groaning American canteen board. (5) A Pragmatic Lenience. A solution to critical labor shortages. 40 square feet for enlisted men, 120 for officers. Nightmares about murder and sabotage. The hated enemy at the reception desk. “No work, no eat”. Prisoners turning a profit for the U.S. Government. Nazi-inspired murders and suicides. A hail of machine gun fire. “Their arrogance made me want to slap them silly”. German volunteers to fight against Japan. An oddball case of treason. (6) The Anxious Deliverance. A fear of mass slaughter. “One step nearer home, and going to take another”. Risky plans for rescue. Vitamins and a soft diet at Camp Lucky Strike. The tragic drama of forced repatriation. “A tableau from the Russia of 1812.” Grim portents for the prisoners of Japan. Forty gallons of fruit salad. Living “like Oriental despots”. Red Cross lifeline for hungry prisoners. To the rescue in Europe. In the East, a long wait for liberation. Living skeletons of the jungle camps. Cold comfort in Northern Asia. There are also seven photo essays. (1) Ordeal in the Far East. (2) Prisoners of the Reich. (3) Beating the System. (4) Trek into Oblivion. (5) The Captor Made Captive. (6) An Easygoing Custody. (7) The Sweet Taste of Freedom. I always ship books Media Mail in a padded mailer. 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