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Over the twentieth century 35,000 Australians suffered as prisoners of war in conflicts ranging from World War I to Korea. What was the reality of their captivity? Beyond Surrender presents for the first time the diversity of the Australian 'behind-the-wire' experience, dissecting fact from fiction and myth from reality. Beyond Surrender examines the impact that different types of camps, commandants and locations had on surrender, survival, prison life and the prospects of escape. It considers the attitudes of Australian governments to those who had surrendered, the work of relief agencies and the agony of families waiting at home for their husbands, brothers and fathers to be freed. Covering several conflicts and diverse sites of captivity, Beyond Surrender showcases new research from Kate Ariotti, Joan Beaumont, Lachlan Grant, Jeffrey Grey, Karl James, Jennifer Lawless, Peter Monteath, Melanie Oppenheimer, Aaron Pegram, Lucy Robertson, Seumas Spark and Christina Twomey.

Book details

• Full title: Beyond Surrender
• Subtitle: Australian prisoners of war in the twentieth century
• Author: Joan Beaumont, Lachlan Grant, Aaron Pegram
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 288
• EAN: 9780522866209
• ISBN: 9780522866209
• ID: 02794080
• Publisher: Melbourne University Press
• Weight: 392 g
• Dimensions: 213 × 138 × 23 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 2015

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