Inside the Bataan Death March : defeat, travail and memory / Kevin C. Murphy.

For two weeks during the spring of 1942, the Bataan Death March--one of the most widely condemned atrocities of World War II--unfolded. The prevailing interpretation of this event is simple: American prisoners of war suffered cruel treatment at the hands of their Japanese captors while Filipinos, sy...

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Main Author: Murphy, Kevin C. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, 2014.
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Physical Description:vii, 320 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm
Format: Book

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