Battle Within
Battle Within This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. This moving…
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Battle Within
This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. This moving book shows that 'the battle within' was both a personal and a national one. Their struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation and acknowledgement from their own country was just beginning.
The image of a defeated and emaciated soldier held prisoner by people of a different race did not sit well with the mythology of Anzac. Prize-winning historian Christina Twomey finds that official policies and attitudes towards these men were equivocal and arbitrary for almost forty years. Drawing on the records of the Prisoner of War Trust Fund for the first time, this book presents the struggles of returned prisoners in their own words.
It also shows that memories of captivity forged new connections with
Battle Within
Riches within
Christ Within
Outsiders Within
Mack within
Oracle Within
Inquire Within
Genie Within
River Within
Enemy within
Darkness Within
Beast within
Enemy within
Within Without
Divides Within