age ~40
from Canton, OH
In this moving account, the diaries of prisoners and other historical evidence are provided to exemplify the positive and humanizing force of sports amidst hellish POW camp condition. Whether Australian prisoners-of-war played Aussie-rules football at the infamous Changi Prison or tennis on the Burm...
Author
Kevin Blackburn
Binding
Paperback
Pages
296
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
ISBN #
1742233023
EAN Code
9781742233024
ISBN #
10
Singapore fell to Japan on 15 February 1942. Within days, the Japanese had massacred thousands of Chinese civilians, and taken prisoner more than 100,000 British, Australian and Indian soldiers. A resistance movement formed in Malaya's jungle-covered mountains, but the vast majority could do little ...
Author
Kevin Blackburn, Karl Hack
Binding
Paperback
Pages
476
Publisher
NUS Press
ISBN #
9971695995
EAN Code
9789971695996
ISBN #
9
This book provides a sophisticated summary of up-to-date knowledge on the Fall of Singapore, including the critical tensions between Churchill and local commanders. A focus on the role of Churchill, and on his understanding of the guns and Singapore's fortifications, makes the Fortress central to un...
Author
Kevin Blackburn, Karl Hack
Binding
Hardcover
Pages
328
Publisher
Routledge
ISBN #
0415308038
EAN Code
9780415308038
ISBN #
1
Author
Kevin Blackburn
Binding
Paperback
Pages
408
Publisher
Imprint unknown
ISBN #
1459637208
EAN Code
9781459637207
ISBN #
7
Author
Kevin Blackburn
Binding
Digital
ISBN #
1134092237
EAN Code
9781134092239
ISBN #
6
Author
Kevin Blackburn
Binding
Digital
ISBN #
1134092229
EAN Code
9781134092222
ISBN #
5
Author
Kevin Blackburn
Binding
Digital
ISBN #
1134092180
EAN Code
9781134092185
ISBN #
4
Kevin Richard Blackburn (born 19 August 1968) is a former English cricketer. Blackburn was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm medium pace.
ISBN #
7