TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wilkinson,Rupert
TI  - Surviving a Japanese internment camp: life and liberation at Santo Tomas, Manila, in World War II 
SN  - 9780786465705 (softbound)
AV  - D 805.5 .S28 W55 2014
PY  - 2014///
KW  - Wilkinson, Rupert,
KW  - Santo Tomas Internment Camp (Manila, Philippines)
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Prisoners and prisons, Japanese
KW  - Personal narratives, British
KW  - Prisoners of war
KW  - Japan
KW  - Biography
KW  - Great Britain
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-228) and index; War clouds over Eden -- Internment -- A porous prison -- Dorms, shanties, and sex -- "Cheer up! Everything's going to be lousy" -- Child's play -- Power : the Japanese -- Power : the internees -- Hunger -- Threat vs. Hope -- "They're here!" -- Aftermath -- Significance -- Chronology -- The Camp's "Ten Commandments" -- The literature of Santo Tomas
N2  - "Interned as a small boy with his mother and older sister, the author shows the many ways in which Manila's Santo Tomás prison camp internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards." --; "During World War II the Japanese imprisoned more American civilians at Manila's Santo Tomas prison camp than anywhere else, along with British and other nationalities. The camp went through a drastic change, from good conditions in the early days to impending mass starvation, before its dramatic rescue by U.S. Army "flying columns." Interned as a youth with his mother and sister, the author shows the many ways in which the camp's internees handled imprisonment--and their liberation afterwards.

Using a wealth of Santo Tomas memoirs and diaries, plus interviews with other ex-internees and veteran army liberators, he reveals how children reinvented their own society, while adults coped with crowded dormitories, evaded sex restrictions, smuggled in food, and through a strong internee government, dealt with their Japanese overlords. The text explores the attitudes and behavior of Japanese officials, ranging from sadistic cruelty to humane cooperation, and asks philosophical questions about atrocity and moral responsibility."
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