The price of peace true accounts of the Japanese occupation
One day in February 1942, the people of Singapore were rudely awakened to the fact that the peace and freedom they enjoyed had been taken away. Japan, a strong military power, had invaded their land and began a reign of terror that lasted a nighmarish three and a half year. All expressions of human...
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Asiapac Books
2002
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| 245 | 0 | 4 | |a The price of peace |b true accounts of the Japanese occupation |c compiled & edited by Foong Choon Hon ; translated by Clara Show |
| 250 | |a 3rd ed. | ||
| 260 | |a Singapore |b Asiapac Books |c 2002 | ||
| 300 | |a 344, [1] p., [2] p. of plates |b ill., maps |c 21 cm. | ||
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| 500 | |a Parallel title in Chinese characters | ||
| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (p.[345]) | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The impenetrable fortress in the jungle -- The jungle : an unusual meeting point -- An account of the anti-Japanese war fought jointly by the British government and MPAJA -- Fighting behind enemy lines -- The flames of righteousness burning high eternally : an interview with Cheng Ji Non and Munusamy -- A fighter's thoughts on anti-aggression -- My father, the hero -- My mission with Force 136 -- Clinging on to the evil ambitious past : a critical analysis of Ishibe Toshiro's memoirs -- I was a member of Force 136 -- The force of wind tests the strength of grass : the saviour of resistance fighters, Mrs Kathugasu -- The intellectual's Bayonet : an interview with Zhang Chu Kun, former Deputy Mayor of Xiamen -- The Singapore overseas Chinese salvation movement -- A shameful past in human memory : a verbal account by Elizabeth Choy -- So deeply etched in my mind : an interview with Hu Tie Jun's widow on the Singapore overseas chinese volunteer army -- An account of the war fought by the Singapore Overseas Chinese Volunteer Army -- We fought at the frontline defending Singapore -- A letter to the British adviser of Malayan Affairs (The Parkerton open letter) -- I joined the volunteer army -- The fierce battle in Pasir Panjang : the role of the Malay regiment -- Old soldiers, old events -- The Japanese's view of the war 50 years after -- A memorial to remember civillian victims of the Japanese occupation | |
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