Man Behind the Bridge e-bog
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Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the notorious "e;Bridge over the River Kwai"e;. Toosey understood from the very beginning that the only real issue was how to ensure that as many of his men as possible should survive their captivity. Many thousands who knew how Toosey stood up to their oppressors at great personal risk were i...
E-bog
2190,77 DKK
Forlag
Bloomsbury Academic
Udgivet
17 december 2013
Længde
240 sider
Genrer
1FMB
Sprog
English
Format
pdf
Beskyttelse
LCP
ISBN
9781780939629
Lieutenant Colonel Philip Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the notorious "e;Bridge over the River Kwai"e;. Toosey understood from the very beginning that the only real issue was how to ensure that as many of his men as possible should survive their captivity. Many thousands who knew how Toosey stood up to their oppressors at great personal risk were incensed by Alec Guinness's brilliant portrayal of 'Colonel Nicholson' in the film version of Boulle's book. This book provides an accurate historical account of the terrible events during which more than 16,000 PoWs died while building the Thai-Burma railway, of which "e;the bridge"e; formed an essential part. A memorial to Toosey, this book is also a definitive history of the building of the railway in the context of the Far Eastern theatre of World War II.First published in 1991, this title is part of the Bloomsbury Academic Collections series.