Until they eat stones
Statement of responsibility: by Russell Brinesby
Brines, Russell
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BookPublisher: Philadelphia, New York : J.B. Lippincott Company, c1944Description: 340 p. : 21 x 15 cm.ISBN: (hardbound).Subject(s): World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American | World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese | World War, 1939-1945 -- Japan | World War, 1939-1945 -- PhilippinesOnline resources: VIEW PRELIMINARY PAGES Language/Translation Info: EnglishSummary: Journalistic account of Japan and her empire, published in 1944 to inform Americans of the enemy they had to defeat. Brines was an Associated Press correspondent covering Asia and was in the Philippines when war broke out.
About half of this book deals with the early months of the war in the Philippines – Brines went up to Baguio and elsewhere to cover the military campaigns, was caught in Manila when the Japanese took over, and was interned in Santo Tomas. He reports about Japan’s policies in the Philippines, treatment of prisoners of war, and Filipino resistance. He also discusses life in the internment camp; Brines edited the internee newspaper "Internews." Later, Brines took advantage of a Japanese offer to go to Shanghai; a year later he was reunited with his wife and daughter off Luzon in a repatriation ship.
The remaining half of this book deals with other areas occupied or controlled by the Japanese in 1944: Indo China, Thailand, Burma, the Netherlands East Indies, Malaya and occupied China. Brines had covered Japan from the late 1930s until 1941, and thus had access to various sources, as well as his own firsthand experience. - Prof. Ricardo T. Jose
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Barcode | |
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Filipinas Heritage Library Roderick Hall Coll. | D 742 .J3 B7 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 13573 |
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