The Battle Within: POWs in postwar Australia

by Christina Twomey

This landmark and compelling book follows the stories of 15,000 Australian prisoners of war from the moment they were released by the Japanese at the end of World War II. Their struggle to rehabilitate themselves and to win compensation and acknowledgement from their own country was just beginning. This moving book shows that 'the battle within' was both a personal and a national one. Prize-winning historian Christina Twomey finds that official policies...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1742235689
• ISBN13: 9781742235684
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: NewSouth Books
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.1"