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Opus Publications. 2007. Hard cover. Fine in fine dust jacket.. 278 p. Includes: illustrations, maps, index, bibliography. . From the landings of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) on the shores of Miri in December 1941 to the liberation of Batu Lintang Prisoner of War and Internment Camp in September 1945 by Australian Kuching Force, Traumas and Heroism offers a unique account of the Pacific War and Japanese Occupation in Sarawak, drawing from a series of personal documents (journals, diaries, letters, notes, etc. ) and semi-official reports. Allowing the participants to tell their story offers readers a first-hand account of the traumatic experiences of the wartime years. As most of the documents featured were written during their author's flight and escape or during incarceration, the accounts have an immediacy that transports the audience to the time of the Japanese Occupation. Traumas and Heroism is a book of two tales. The first is the traumatic story of a community living in complacent affluence…
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Traumas and Heroism: The European Community in Sarawak During the Pacific War and Japanese Occupation 1941-1945 Hardcover - 2007
by Ooi Keat Gin
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- Title Traumas and Heroism: The European Community in Sarawak During the Pacific War and Japanese Occupation 1941-1945
- Author Ooi Keat Gin
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Publisher Opus Publications, Sabah
- Date 2007
- ISBN 9789833987023
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by Ooi Keat Gin
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Kota Kinabalu: Opus Publications, 2007. First edition. Hard Cover. New/new. In this book one of Malaysia's leading historians has, from survivors' accounts and documentary records, painstakingly reconstructed the experiences of the European subjects of Brooke rule in Sarawak during World War II. This is the first comprehensive treatment of this important footnote to the history of the war years in the country. 278 pages with illustrations, a bibliography and index. Weight 1kg. Post free within Malaysia
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