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Very Good: A book that has been read but is in excellent condition. No obvious damage to the cover, ...
ISBN
9789971692735
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Nus Press
ISBN-10
9971692732
ISBN-13
9789971692735
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30769092

Product Key Features

Number of Pages
224 Pages
Publication Name
Guns of February : Ordinary Japanese Soldiers' Views of the Malayan Campaign and the Fall of Singapore, 1941-42
Language
English
Subject
Asia / Southeast Asia, Asia / Japan, Personal Memoirs, Military / General
Publication Year
2004
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Henry Frei
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
12.5 Oz
Item Length
8.9 in
Item Width
7 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2005-347639
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
940.5425
Table Of Content
List of Illustrations About the Author Biographical Notes Acknowledgements Preface Foreword Introduction 1. Day X 2. Conscription and Mobilisation 3. Rubber Hub Singapore 4. In China 5. To Malaya 6. Fighting Down the Peninsula 7. Crossing the Straits in the Face of the Enemy 8. On To Bukit Timah 9. Victory 10. The Victory Dissipated 11. Epilogue Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Guns of February shows the Fall of Singapore and Japan's 1941 military campaign in Malaya through the eyes of Japanese soldiers who took part, based on interviews, memoirs, war diaries, and other Japanese-language sources. Although an enormous number of books have been published on Japan's wartime advance into Southeast Asia, few books in English make much use of Japanese sources, and they reveal little of what happened on the Japanese side. In the words of the author, the Japanese"'advance by brigade groups', 'outflank the defence', 'sustain many casualties', and remain altogether a largely faceless mass bicycling their way down to Singapore." In Guns of February some of the voices of these soldiers are finally heard, and they tell a fascinating story. A few of them were professional soldiers who served their country with commitment and dedication, but many were conscripts hoping to stay alive, curious and apprehensive about the countries they entered, and moved by the plight of the people whose cities and towns they sometimes destroyed. Many were young men, interested in girls and in the sights and sounds of Southeast Asia, but also missing their families and the familiar world of Japan. It is a picture far removed from the staple view of the remorseless and fanatic Japanese soldier totally devoted to his Emperor and determined to die for his country. In writing this account of the Japanese advance on Singapore, the author attempted to show the universal humanity of the actors concerned.
LC Classification Number
D767.55.F74 2004

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