Forgotten Captives in Japanese-Occupied Asia

Abstract

Introduction Part 1: Background 1. Captivities in the East: Contrasting Experiences, Contrasting Narratives Karl Hack and Kevin Blackburn Part 2: National Memories 2. Memory and the POW Experience: The United Kingdom Sibylla Jane Flower 3. Beyond Slogans: Assessing the Experiences and the History of Australian Prisoners of War of the Japanese Hank Nelson 4. Monument and Ceremony: The Australian Ex-Prisoners of War Memorial and the Incorporation of Prisoners of War in ANZAC Lachlan Grant 5. Americans under Nippon Scott Corbett 6. Canadian Experience of the Pacific War: Betrayal and Captivity Gregory Johnson 7. Dutch Experiences in Japanese Captivity Remco Raben and Peter Keppy Part 3: Forgotten Captivities, Contrasting Narratives 8. Remembering War and Forgetting Civilians: The Ambiguous Position of Civilian Internees in Commemorations of the Pacific War Christina Twomey 9. Dutch Civilians in Indonesia, 1942-1945: Crime and Authority in Japanese Camps Jacco van den Heuvel 10. Dutch Evacuees in Thailand, 1946: Waiting to Go Home Arno Ooms 11. Japanese Guards in Film and Memory: 'White Skin, Yellow Commander' Kaori Maekawa 12. Women and Children Internees: Comparing and Contrasting Experiences by Gender and Youth Bernice Archer 13. Hide and Seek: Children of Japanese Fathers and Indies European Mothers Eveline Buchheim 14. The Colonial Subject as Heroic Captive: Sybil Kathigasu and Elizabeth Choy in Biography and Autobiography Lim Pui Huen 15. A World Wide Myth: Ian Watt and the Myth of the Bridge over the River Kwai Roger Bourke 16. The Men Who Never Were: Indian POWs in the Pacific 1941-1945 Gerry Douds