Prisoners of war books

An inside account of the H-Blocks hunger strike of the early 1980s.  Read More >>

A recreation of the most ambitious PoW escape attempt ever conceived.  Read More >>

An extraordinary tale of the remarkable bond between one man and his dog during the Second World War.  Read More >>

The harrowing true tale of seven escaped Soviet prisoners who desperately marched out of Siberia through China,...  Read More >>

This is the official Record of the Report of the Committee against Torture on the Fifty-first session (28 October...  Read More >>

Yna y dechreuodd y Gwyddelod gynnau tn o dan y pair dadeni Ar drothwy canmlwyddiant Gwrthryfel y Pasg mae'r diweddariad...  Read More >>

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The Cooler King tells the astonishing story of William Ash, an American flier, who after being shot down in his...  Read More >>

One of the most astonishing escape stories of the Second World War.  Read More >>

A superb example of the very marketable Japanese POW genre.  Read More >>

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In February 1944 an American infantry company lost its way behind enemy lines near Anzio, Italy, and Jack Dower...  Read More >>

From the New York Times bestselling author of Sons and Soldiers comes the incredible true story of one of the greatest...  Read More >>

The truth about how the British treated its prisoners and internees during the First World War  Read More >>

This book reviews the nature of the alleged abuse committed by the UK military forces, exploring the legal paradigm...  Read More >>

When it opened in October 1864, Camp Lawton was called “the world s largest prison.” Operational only six weeks,...  Read More >>

Robinson, Glenn Robins tells Robinson's story using an array of sources, including declassified U.S. military documents,...  Read More >>

Provides the first comprehensive analysis of the history of returning German POWs after the Second World War, explored...  Read More >>

Born in Hokkaido, Seiichi Higashide emigrated to Peru in 1931. By the late 1930s he was a shopkeeper and community...  Read More >>

A classic true life escape story of two British officers during the First World War originally printed in 1930 and...  Read More >>

Leo Rawling was an ordinary soldier captured by the Japanese in 1942. His story is told in his own pictures and...  Read More >>

The story of Changi, told by those who lived through it.  Read More >>

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Eddie Fung has the distinction of being the only Chinese American soldier to be captured by the Japanese during...  Read More >>

The extraordinary and moving story of professional footballer Johnny Sherwood's survival after being taken prisoner...  Read More >>