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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Ground Zero Books, Ltd.
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc, 1962. Second printing [stated]. Hardcover. Good. 256 pages. Illustrations. Ex-library with the usual library markings. Some page discoloration. Includes Appendix A: Japanese Army Regulations for Handling Prisons of War; Appendix B: Senior Command and Staff on Bataan; A Note on Sources, and Index. Falk is former chief historian of the Air Force and a military historian specializing in World War II in the Pacific. He holds MA and Ph.D. degrees in American history from Georgetown University. He is the author of five books on the war in the Pacific: Bataan: The March of Death (1962); Decision at Leyte (1966); Liberation of the Philippines (1971); Seventy Days to Singapore (1975); and Bloodiest Victory: Palaus (1974), as well as several textbooks on national security affairs, and numerous essays, articles, and reviews. Entering the Army in April 1945, he studied Japanese in the MISLS program at the University of Michigan and Fort Snelling, where he was commissioned a 2nd lieutenant in April 1946. He served two years in Japan (1946-1948), mainly in the GHQ Historical Section, working primarily with Japanese former Army and Navy officers on the history of the Japanese side of the war. After separation from the Army in 1948, he retained his reserve commission, eventually retiring with the rank of colonel. In civilian life, he had a long career as a military historian and national security affairs specialist with the U.S. government. In addition to his position as Air Force chief historian, he also worked in the Army and Joint Chiefs of Staff historical programs and was professor of international relations at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces. The Bataan Death March was the forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese Army of 60,000-80,000 American and Filipino prisoners of war from Saysain Point, Bagac, Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, via San Fernando, Pampanga, where the prisoners were forced to march until they died. The transfer began on April 9, 1942, after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during the World War II. The total distance marched from Mariveles to San Fernando and from the Capas Train Station to Camp O'Donnell is variously reported by differing sources as between 60 and 69.6 miles. Differing sources also report widely differing prisoner of war casualties prior to reaching Camp O'Donnell: from 5,000 to 18,000 Filipino deaths and 500 to 650 American deaths during the march. The march was characterized by severe physical abuse and wanton killings. After the war, the Japanese commander, General Masaharu Homma and two of his officers were tried in United States military commissions on charges of failing to prevent their subordinates from committing war crimes. Derived from a Kirkus review: Legion are the news stories, articles, legends and other references to the "Death March" of captured U.S. and Filipino troops under the Japanese in April of 1942. This book succeeds in telling the brutal history of the march without hysterias and with the objective consideration for both sides. The story begins with Gen. Edward King's surrender of nearly 100,000 troops and civilians on Bataan. Tired, sick and exhausted, that vast body of men were to march by different routes in Balanga, from were they would be taken to a prison camp in San Fernamio. The Japanese tried to make provision for them but underestimated the size of the group, and also found their own army short on food and medical supplies. There was no consistency in the way the men were treated on the march. Many were kicked, beaten, or slaughtered in large groups. Others however were given as decent treatment as the Japanese could afford. How thousands died both on the march and at the prison camp, and when the news finally reached the U.S. it served to infuriate the American people. This makes the story both dramatic and tragic. The author finds however that maltreatment was an individual matter not one condoned by the Japanese Army---and that the blame lay in individual areas.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, All Kinds Of Books.
In the spring of 1942, the Japanese 14th Army overran Bataan Peninsula on the island of Luzon in the Philippines and captured 78,100 American and Filipino troops. Almost immediately, a curtain of silence settled over Bataan, concealing from the rest of the world the fate of the prisoners. It was not util more than a year and a half later that the terrible story of the ... more »evacuation of the Filipino and American captives from Bataan became te most publicized episode of the entire Phillipine campaign. Although a few survivors have written about their experiences, this is the first book to tell the whole story of the Death March, of what happened on the Japanese side as well as the plight of the Americans and Filipinos. Mr. Falk not only describes the march- and corrects several mistaken impressions about it- but also explains the conditions and causes that led to it. To do this the author made a careful study of American and Japanese Army records, letters and diaries, the war crimes of Lt. General Masaharu Homma, and interviews with survivors. Stanley Falk is a historian with the Office, Chief of Military History, Department of the Army, Mass Market Paperback, Edition: First Thus, Label: Playboy Paperbacks, Playboy Paperbacks, Product group: Book, Published: 1982, Studio: Playboy Paperbacks, Sales rank: 3256266.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, ThriftBooks - Sierra Nevada [57785937], Reno, NV, U.S.A.
A readable copy. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. Pages can include considerable notes-in pen or highlighter-but the notes cannot obscure the text. At ThriftBooks, our motto is: Read More, Spend Less.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Goodwill Industries [55753652], Spokane, WA, U.S.A.
A readable copy. All pages and cover are intact. The book has moderate to heavy wear. Wear and creasing of the covers, spine, and page edges.

Von Händler/Antiquariat, Dust Jacket Books / Renee Lewis [112684], Halifax, NS, Canada.
VG+ mass market paperback Clean square with no names or marks. appears unread. some age creasing to spine vg+/--.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Better World Books.
Jove. Used - Acceptable. Ships from Reno, NV. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. 100% Money Back Guarantee. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy!

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, Discover Books.
Jove. Mass Market Paperback. GOOD. Gently used may contain ex-library markings, possibly has some light highlighting, textual notations, and or underlining. Text is still easily readable.

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Von Händler/Antiquariat, booklab, VA, Chantilly, [RE:4].
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Von Händler/Antiquariat, booklab, VA, Chantilly, [RE:4].
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Bataan-March-of-Death~~Falk, Bataan/March of Death, Paperback.