Add to ORKGThe limits of humanitarianism: The ‘lost’ prisoners of war in the Asia Pacific In homage to Dr. Mukwege Few issues in wartime expose more painfully the tensions between pragmatism and humanitarianism than do prisoners of war. During World War II, some 22,000 Australians were taken prisoner by the Japanese as they conquered South-East Asia in early 1942. Approximately one-third of these Australians would die in captivity, from a mix of malnutrition, disease and overwork. Yet during the war l..
The Pacific War is frequently characterized as a ‘race war’ and a ‘war without mercy’. The experienc...
Following the surrender of Japan in August 1945 Britain accepted responsibility for the repatriation...
This chapter places Samuel Moyn's influential argument, that the post-war ascendance of human rights...
Deposited with permission of the author. © 2003 Dr. Rosalind Shirley HearderDuring World War II, 106...
World War II left thousands of Allied POWs in the hands of Japanese and German military officials. P...
Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) w...
Examines how the particular nature of captivity by the Japanese during World War II intensified and ...
Though medical consequences of war attract attention, the health consequences of the prisoner-of-war...
[Opening] Between 1941 and 1945 there was no generic experience of captivity in Japanese-occupied As...
In 1959, the United Nations (UN) proclaimed the year 1959–60 World Refugee Year (WRY). The aim of WR...
The high death rate of Allied prisoners of war in the Pacific compared with those in Europe is commo...
SUMMARY Although a great deal has been written concerning the wartime experiences of Britain’s Far ...
The Pacific War ended the presence of Japanese settlers in Papua and New Guinea. It was a tragedy, a...
Leadership amongst military prisoners of war is an interesting issue to discuss, particularly when t...
This article examines the New Zealand prisoner of war experience in Asia during the Second World War...
The Pacific War is frequently characterized as a ‘race war’ and a ‘war without mercy’. The experienc...
Following the surrender of Japan in August 1945 Britain accepted responsibility for the repatriation...
This chapter places Samuel Moyn's influential argument, that the post-war ascendance of human rights...
Deposited with permission of the author. © 2003 Dr. Rosalind Shirley HearderDuring World War II, 106...
World War II left thousands of Allied POWs in the hands of Japanese and German military officials. P...
Experiences of captivity in Japanese-occupied Asia varied enormously. Some prisoners of war (POWs) w...
Examines how the particular nature of captivity by the Japanese during World War II intensified and ...
Though medical consequences of war attract attention, the health consequences of the prisoner-of-war...
[Opening] Between 1941 and 1945 there was no generic experience of captivity in Japanese-occupied As...
In 1959, the United Nations (UN) proclaimed the year 1959–60 World Refugee Year (WRY). The aim of WR...
The high death rate of Allied prisoners of war in the Pacific compared with those in Europe is commo...
SUMMARY Although a great deal has been written concerning the wartime experiences of Britain’s Far ...
The Pacific War ended the presence of Japanese settlers in Papua and New Guinea. It was a tragedy, a...
Leadership amongst military prisoners of war is an interesting issue to discuss, particularly when t...
This article examines the New Zealand prisoner of war experience in Asia during the Second World War...
The Pacific War is frequently characterized as a ‘race war’ and a ‘war without mercy’. The experienc...
Following the surrender of Japan in August 1945 Britain accepted responsibility for the repatriation...
This chapter places Samuel Moyn's influential argument, that the post-war ascendance of human rights...