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The Naked Island

by Russell Braddon
The Naked Island
The Naked Island

Survival, horror, and resilience in WWII POW reality.

If history grips you, especially personal accounts of WWII, "The Naked Island" will move you with its raw portrayal of human endurance. Braddon's experience in Japanese captivity isn't just a testament to his survival; it's an intimate dive into the daily struggles and the indomitable spirit of a soldier. His detailed narrative goes beyond battles, uncovering the day-to-day fight for dignity amidst terror—ideal if you're intrigued by wartime history told through a deeply personal lens.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Naked Island

by Russell Braddon
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ISBN: 9781843410201
Authors: Russell Braddon
Publisher: Birlinn
Date of Publication: 2006-02-19
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: History, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: World War II, Historical, War, Asia, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.36
(rated by 164 readers)

Description

Russell Braddon wrote The Naked Island in 1950. By 1968 it had been reprinted eleven times and sold one million copies in Britain alone. As the author states, 'It was written to tell the world what sort of people the Japanese can be. It was written to explain what they did in the war and what they might well do again.' There are numerous books on the war in the East but this is one of the greatest. Often hilarious, even amidst the horror, this is the story of what the Japanese did to those they captured. It is written in prose all the more effective for its dry understatement and sharp observation by a man who never lost his will to live even in the most terrible circumstances. Braddon's story is however not that simply of a prisoner of war. In his comments on the equally brutal Japanese treatment of native workers and indeed any who were not Japanese, he reveals the hollow reality of the 'Greater Asian co-prosperity sphere' promised by the Japanese, and attempts to understand how one group of human beings could behave in such a way towards another and the inhuman ideology and fanaticism which drove the Japanese on. Even today the subject of Japanese war guilt is never far from the headlines and it was only last year that a deal on compensation was arrived at for surviving POWs.
 

Survival, horror, and resilience in WWII POW reality.

If history grips you, especially personal accounts of WWII, "The Naked Island" will move you with its raw portrayal of human endurance. Braddon's experience in Japanese captivity isn't just a testament to his survival; it's an intimate dive into the daily struggles and the indomitable spirit of a soldier. His detailed narrative goes beyond battles, uncovering the day-to-day fight for dignity amidst terror—ideal if you're intrigued by wartime history told through a deeply personal lens.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.