Additional reading

Crime

50 Years Of Silence [1994] ISBN: 1875892001 Area: Asia By: Jan Ruff-O'Herne Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Comments: Autobiography of a Dutch girl forced to be a 'comfort woman' for the Japanese Army in Java.
Betrayal in High Places [1996] ISBN: 0473038188 Area: Asia By: James MacKay Publisher: Tasman Books NZ
Comments: J.G. Godwin, ex-P.O.W. (J) & war crimes investigator, disgusted with Allied politically motivated cessation of investigations, smuggled authentic war crimes documentation out of Japan for historical record.
Centaur [1993] ISBN: 0646137158 Area: Australia By: Christopher Milligan and John Foley Publisher: Nairana Publications
Comments: Research dispelling the myths of the torpedoing of the Australian Hospital Ship Centaur off Brisbane in 1943.
Hell's Heroes [2010] ISBN: 9780732289850 Area: Pacific By: Roger Maynard Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers Australia P/L
Comments: The forgotten story of the worst P.O.W. camp in Japan, Camp 4-B.
Hidden Horrors : Japanese War Crimes In World War II [1996] ISBN: 0813327172 Area: Pacific By: Yuki Tanaka Publisher: Westview Press
Comments: P.O.W.s worked to death on the Burma Railway, murdered after the Sandakan Death Marches, captured Allied nurses used as prostitutes for soldiers and other Japanese war crimes.
Lifeline [1999] ISBN: 1861761007 Area: Worldwide By: Peter Elphick Publisher: Chatham Publishing
Comments: Allied Merchant Navy at war 1939 to 1945.
Massacre At Parit Sulong [1995] ISBN: 0864177321 Area: Asia By: Gilbert Mant Publisher: Kangaroo Press
Comments: Account of this massacre during the defence of Malaya and what happened to those who were there.
Ordinary Heroes [1999] ISBN: 1864981032 Area: Worldwide By: Barry Dickins Publisher: Hardie Grant Books
Comments: Personal recollections of Australians at war.
Sandakan [2013] ISBN: 9781864711417 Area: Asia By: Paul Ham Publisher: Random House Australia Pty Ltd
Comments: Describes the Sandakan Death Marches to Ranau in Borneo in 1944. Out of 1000+ prisoners, only 6 survived.
Sandakan A Conspiracy of Silence [2006] ISBN: 1863512454 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: Sally Milner Publishing
Comments: Conditions and massacre of Australian & British P.O.W.s at Sandakan. Botched rescue attempt & its Australian cover-up. Amazing detail considering so few survived.
Ships From Hell : Japanese war Crimes On The High Seas [2002] ISBN: 750927194 Area: Pacific By: Raymond Lamont-Brown Publisher: Sutton Publishing Ltd
Comments: Describes the Japanese hellships used to transport P.O.W.s under the most disgusting conditions imaginable & the ships' eventual fates.
The Bridge at Parit Sulong [2004] ISBN: 0949284653 Area: Asia By: Lynette Ramsay Silver Publisher: The Watermark Press
Comments: Detailed description of the massacre at Parit Sulong; the lead-up to it, survival of a few men and attempt to find the perpetrators to bring them to trial before the Allies opted for reconciliation with Japan.
The Final Betrayal [2010] ISBN: 9781848840942 Area: Asia By: Mark Felton Publisher: Pen & Sword
Comments: British historian describes treatment of P.O.W.s (J) & situations of Mountbatten & MacArthur in Japanese occupied areas during WWII. Also how P.O.W. survival, war crimes trials & Japanese attitude to WWII were affected.
The Knights Of Bushido [1989] ISBN: No Area: Asia By: Lord Russell Publisher: Macmillan Publishing Company
Comments: A short history of Japanese war crimes.
The Missing Years [2009] ISBN: 9781877058776 Area: Asia By: Stu Lloyd Publisher: Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd
Comments: Edited account by Captain Hugh Pilkington, Royal Norfolks. Malaya campaign; Alexandra Hospital massacre; Singapore; Burma Railway, Thai end, H Force; Kanburi; Singapore.
The Second World War In The Far East [2000] ISBN: 0304352470 Area: Asia, Pacific By: H. P. Wilmott Publisher: Cassell & Co.
Comments: Concentrates on World War 2 in the Pacific and Asia.
Unit 731 [1990] ISBN: 0586208224 Area: Asia, Pacific By: Peter Williams & David Wallace Publisher: Grafton Books
Comments: Japanese Army Unit 731's biological and chemical human experiments performed on Allied P.O.W.s.
When You Go Home [1993] ISBN: 1897666004 Area: Asia By: Arthur Lane Publisher: A. Lane Publications, U.K.
Comments: Returned British soldier's account of Malayan campaign, Burma Railway & return visit with photos. Lists some war criminals. Roll of Honour of U.K. Forces who died during the campaign & as P.O.W.s.

Total books : 18