Reviews - Aussie Soldier POW
Defence Family Matters - July '09
Book Review - Aussie Soldier Prisoners of War
When discussing Australians who have been taken prisoner of war (POW), it is very tempting to just look at the numbers of prisoners – how many people were taken prisoner, how many died in captivity, how many made it back to their homeland – and thus reduce the discussion to an impersonal block of statistics. In the latest book from Aussie Soldier, Denny Neave and Craig Smith have dramatically reversed this trend and have re-centred the prisoner of war narrative on the individual...
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Sunday Tasmanian - 12 April '09
Supplements - The never-ending chapter on war
Aussie Soldier: Prisoners of War brings to readers the stories of the men and women who were incarcerated during World War II.
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Courier Mail - 25 April '09
Section (etc) - Tales of the Diggers out now
THIS book contains quotes from more than 100 soldiers who were prisoners of war focusing on Singapore and the Burma Railway....
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Launceston Examiner - 25 April '09
General News - Battles for POWs, at home and away
WE remember today the many soldiers who did not come back from war.
This book reminds us of those who did come back after suffering years of starvation, brutality and disease as prisoners of war.
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Herald Sun - 25 April '09
Weekend - The shelf battalion
THE number of surviving PoWs is rapidly thinning and there now seems to be a rush to publish their reminiscences before it's too late.
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Weekend Gold Coast Bulletin - 25 April '09
Paradise - Human tales from pits of inhumanity
In recording the testimonies of former prisoners of war, editors Denny Neave and Craig Smith have done thousands of servicemen a great service.
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