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The Man Inside: The Bloodiest Outbreak by Graham Apthorpe (Paperback, 2019)

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ISBN
9781922265463

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Graham Apthorpe's account of the Cowra outbreak is superb. Narrated in a fresh way, in elegant and original prose, and with a wonderful gift for taking the unexpected angle, it does great service to this astonishing Australian-Japanese event, and will have a honoured place in the canon of fascinating works on the incident. - Thomas Keneally The War in the Pacific has turned; thousands of the previously invincible Japanese soldiers are now being captured in New Guinea and interned at the Cowra Prisoner of War Camp. Unlike other POWs, the traditional Japanese Bushido Code and their fanaticism leaves them ill-equipped for surrender and imprisonment. Ashamed, subdued and sullen, one man, Second Lieutenant Maseo Naka is an exception. Obstructing the Australian authorities at every turn, he was the first Japanese soldier to escape from Cowra. This action becomes the precursor for the more than 1000 Japanese prisoners who escape in the bloodiest Breakout of World War II that ultimately saw 234 Japanese and four Australian guards killed. His escape and the defiance, guilt, and shame that motivated it, led to his court-martial. Naka nevertheless stands-out as very human, another tragic victim of the global inferno that was World War II. Adhering to the Samurai Code of Bushido, he doggedly undertakes actions that he views as necessary for the maintenance of his honour . Through the insights of those around Naka, together with new research including the personal accounts of Australian interrogators, the author shows how this handsome loner provided the impetus for the dramatic events in the early hours of August 5, 1944 where hundreds of Japanese soldiers stormed the Camp defences for honour, or death!

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Big Sky Publishing
ISBN-13
9781922265463
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3046383847

Product Key Features

Publication Year
2019
Subject
Government, History
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
The Man Inside: the Bloodiest Outbreak
Type
Textbook
Author
Graham Apthorpe
Format
Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
232 mm
Item Width
155 mm

Additional Product Features

Country/Region of Manufacture
Australia
Title_Author
Graham Apthorpe

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