Prisoners of the Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Prisoners of the Empire write by Sarah Kovner. This book was released on 2020-09-15. Prisoners of the Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Many Allied POWs in the Pacific theater of World War II suffered terribly. But abuse wasn't a matter of Japanese policy, as is commonly assumed. Sarah Kovner shows poorly trained guards and rogue commanders inflicted the most horrific damage. Camps close to centers of imperial power tended to be less violent, and many POWs died from friendly fire.
The British Empire and its Italian Prisoners of War, 1940–1947
The British Empire and its Italian Prisoners of War, 1940–1947 - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The British Empire and its Italian Prisoners of War, 1940–1947 write by B. Moore. This book was released on 2002-03-13. The British Empire and its Italian Prisoners of War, 1940–1947 available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Second World War, British and Imperial forces captured more than half a million Italian soldiers, sailors and airmen. Although a symbol of military success, these prisoners created a multitude of problems for the authorities throughout the war. This book looks at how the British addressed these problems and turned liabilities into assets by using the Italians as a labour force, a source of military intelligence and as a political warfare tool before their final repatriation in 1946-47.
Texas Tough
Texas Tough - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Texas Tough write by Robert Perkinson. This book was released on 2010-03-11. Texas Tough available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A vivid history of America's biggest, baddest prison system and how it came to lead the nation's punitive revolution In the prison business, all roads lead to Texas. The most locked-down state in the nation has led the way in criminal justice severity, from assembly-line executions to isolation supermaxes, from prison privatization to sentencing juveniles as adults. Texas Tough, a sweeping history of American imprisonment from the days of slavery to the present, shows how a plantation-based penal system once dismissed as barbaric became the national template. Drawing on convict accounts, official records, and interviews with prisoners, guards, and lawmakers, historian Robert Perkinson reveals the Southern roots of our present-day prison colossus. While conventional histories emphasize the North's rehabilitative approach, he shows how the retributive and profit-driven regime of the South ultimately triumphed. Most provocatively, he argues that just as convict leasing and segregation emerged in response to Reconstruction, so today's mass incarceration, with its vast racial disparities, must be seen as a backlash against civil rights. Illuminating for the first time the origins of America's prison juggernaut, Texas Tough points toward a more just and humane future.
Under the Blood-Red Sun
Under the Blood-Red Sun - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Under the Blood-Red Sun write by Graham Salisbury. This book was released on 2014-09-09. Under the Blood-Red Sun available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan, and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfather are arrested. It’s a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn’t change: the loyalty of Tomi’s buddies, the Rats.
House of the Red Fish
House of the Red Fish - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook House of the Red Fish write by Graham Salisbury. This book was released on 2008-12-24. House of the Red Fish available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. 1943, one year after the end of Under the Blood-Red Sun, Tomi’s Papa and Grandpa are still under arrest, and the paradise of Hawaii now lives in fear—waiting for another attack, while trying to recover from Pearl Harbor. As a Japanese American, Tomi and his family have new enemies everywhere, vigilantes who suspect all Japanese. Tomi finds hope in his goal of raising Papa’s fishing boat, sunk in the canal by the Army on the day of the attack. To Tomi, raising Papa’s boat is a sign of faith that Papa and Grandpa will return. It’s an impossible task, but Tomi is determined. For just as he now has new enemies, his struggle to raise the boat brings unexpected allies and friends.
