Ebook: The Battle Within : POWs in Post-War Australia
Author: Christina Twomey
- Tags: World War 1939-1945-Prisoners and prisons Japanese., World War 1939-1945-Prisoners and prisons Australian., World War 1939-1945-Personal narratives Australian.
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: University of New South Wales Press
- City: Chicago, United States
- Language: English
- epub
"Headaches. Dizziness. Can't sleep. Bad dreams (never have been released). The rice jungle had some compensation to some of us who just don't seem to make a success of our return." —Robert, A Returned POW 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. 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 people of the Asia-Pacific region, as former POWs sought to reconcile with their captors and honour those who had helped them. A grateful nation ultimately lauded and commemorated POWs as worthy veterans from the 1980s, but the real story of the fight to get there has not been told until now.
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