Prisoners in paradise
American women in the wartime South Pacific
by Theresa Kaminski
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"Although most of us are familiar with accounts of POWs, few realize that the Japanese imprisoned thousands of American civilian women in the Philippines during World War II. They were businessmen's wives and career girls, missionaries and teachers, nurses and mothers - and some were even spies. Many had grown accustomed to the good life in a colonial society, but after the Japanese invaded they had to learn to fend for themselves.
Prisoners in Paradise is the most complete look at the experiences of these heroic women." "Theresa Kaminski takes readers inside the internment camps to show how these women coped and how the experience changed them." "While most civilian women were interned, others fled into the hills or adopted new identities to avoid captivity, relying on neighbors and former servants for survival. Kaminski shares their stories as well."--BOOK JACKET.
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Prisoners of war, History, World War, 1939-1945, Women prisoners, Japanese Prisoners and prisons, Women prisoners of war, World war, 1939-1945, prisoners and prisons, japanese, World war, 1939-1945, philippines, World war, 1939-1945, women, World war, 1939-1945, united statesPlaces
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Prisoners in paradise: American women in the wartime South Pacific
2000, University Press of Kansas
in English
0700610030 9780700610037
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-266) and index.
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