Descent into Hell: The Fall of Singapore - Pudu and Changi - The Thai-Burma Railway

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Peter Brune

Descent into Hell

The Fall of Singapore - Pudu and Changi - The Thai-Burma Railway

Peter Brune

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Allen & Unwin
01 August 2014

History; Second World War; Battles & campaigns

ABBEY'S CHOICE AUGUST 2014 ----- Descent into Hell is a scrupulously researched and groundbreaking account of one of the most traumatic calamities in Australian history - the Malayan Campaign, the fall of Singapore and the subsequent horrors of the Thai-Burma Railway.

Unpicking the myths and legends of the war, Peter Brune goes to the heart of the Australian experience. He describes the shambolic planning by the British in Singapore and the failures and incompetence of some of the Australian command. He debunks the claims about Australian deserters in Singapore, and we learn of the black market in Changi and the beatings, torture and murder on the Thai-Burma Railway.

Here too are stories of the war's many heroes and villains: of officers who looked after their men and optimised their chances of survival, and others who looked after themselves at their men's expense; the heroes of battle who became ineffectual and lost in the camps and on the Railway, and the least liked and least respected battlefield officers who came to be great leaders. And then there are countless acts of kindness and decency performed by one POW for another in the most cruel of circumstances.

Descent into Hell: The Fall of Singapore - Pudu and Changi - The Thai-Burma Railway by Peter Brune at Abbey's Bookshop 131 York Street, Sydney

By: Peter Brune
Imprint: Allen & Unwin
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 233mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 60mm
Weight: 1.133kg
ISBN: 9781741145342
ISBN 10: 1741145341
Pages: 816
Publication Date: 01 August 2014
Recommended Age: From
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active