The Changi Book
Published on 3. August 2015
Book
Hardback
352 pages
978-1-74223-161-7 (ISBN)
Description
In the tradition of The Anzac Book comes this fascinating collection of accounts of life inside the notorious Shangi prison camp. The camp is synonymous with suffering and hardship, and the Australian prisoner of-war experience in the Second World War. But the Changi story is also one of ingenuity, resourcefulness and survival. With cartoons, paintings, essays and photographs from POWs, The Changi Book provides a unique view of life in the camp:
Medical innovation
Machinery and tools made from spare parts and scrap
Black markets
Sports and gambling
Entertainment
A library and university
Seventy years after its planned publication, material for The Changi Book was rediscovered in the Australian War Memorial archives andappears here for the first time along with insights from the Memorial's experts.
Medical innovation
Machinery and tools made from spare parts and scrap
Black markets
Sports and gambling
Entertainment
A library and university
Seventy years after its planned publication, material for The Changi Book was rediscovered in the Australian War Memorial archives andappears here for the first time along with insights from the Memorial's experts.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Sydney, NSW
Australia
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 203 mm
Thickness: 36 mm
Weight
1293 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-74223-161-7 (9781742231617)
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Person
Lachlan Grant is a historian in the Military History Section at the Australian War Memorial. He has a PhD in history from Monash University and has published widely on Australian experiences of the Second World War in Europe, Asia and the Pacific, and on the prisonerof- war experience. Lachlan's first book, Australian soldiers in Asia-Pacific in WorldWar II, was published by NewSouth in 2014. He is also a Visiting Fellow at the Strategic and Defence Studies Centre at the Australian National University.