They had faced the indignity of surrender and the squalor of Changi prison, so the spirits of the British and American troops lifted when they were told that th

In 1944, a compilation of medical reports from the main prisoner of war work camps along the infamous Thailand-Burma railway was submitted to General Arimura Ts

"The evolution of railroad safety, Aldrich argues, involved the interplay of market forces, science and technology, and legal and public pressures. He considers

"Our camp was built in a mudhole. You're in mud and filth all the time, and in the jungle everything is decaying vegetation. So any scratch you'd get would beco

Allied POWs experienced inhumane treatment and endured torture by Japanese forces. Not only were the long days of the POWs filled with harsh labor and punctuate

Examines the purposes, planning, and construction of the River Kwai railway in the jungles of Burma and Thailand and discusses its strategic importance to the J