Accused American War Criminal
by Fiske Hanley II
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0896728153
- ISBN 13
- 9780896728158
- Seller
-
WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech University Press, 2013 Texas Tech University Press, Lubbock, TX, 2013. Softcover/Trade Wraps. First Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for a mark on FFFP for reading the book. Book Condition: Near Fine; light rubbing to panels; slight tip bumping; slight edge wear. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 280 pp 8vo. The shocking story of captured B-29 Superfortress airmen who were shot down over Japan during WWII and their brutal treatment by the Japanese Kempei Tai Secret Police. Designated as Special Prisoners/Accused American War Criminals they were to be tried and executed for the killing of innocent women and children. While awaiting trial they ere starved on half POW rations, were denied hygenic needs, denied medical treatment, and allowed to suffer and tie from torture and malnutrition but a few, like the author survived to tell the story. A clean very presentable book.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015218
- Title
- Accused American War Criminal
- Author
- Fiske Hanley II
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0896728153
- ISBN 13
- 9780896728158
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Place of Publication
- Lubbock, TX
- Date Published
- 2013
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- US ARMY AIR CORPS, B-29, POW OF THE JAPANESE, PRISONER WAR IN WWII, KEMPEI TAI MILITARY POLICE, 504TH BOMBARDMENT GROUP, TORTURE BY JAPANESE, BOMBING RAIDS ON JAPAN, B-29 SUPERFORTRESS, TINIAN, COL PAUL TIBBETS, SECRET POLICE, war atrocities, POW Camps, t
- Bookseller catalogs
- Prisoner of War; Memoirs;
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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About the Seller
Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Biblio member since 2018
WINFIELD, Kansas
About Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.
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