The Railway Man: A POW's Searing Account of War, Brutality and Forgiveness

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Copyright © 1995 by Eric Lomax

First American Edition 1995

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Lomax, Eric.

The railway man : a POW’s searing account of war, brutality and forgiveness / Eric Lomax.—1st American ed.

p. cm.

1. Lomax, Eric. 2. World War, 1939–1945—Prisoners and prisons, Japanese. 3. World War, 1939–1945—Conscript labor. 4. World War, 1939–1945—Personal narratives, Scots. 5. Burma-Siam Railroad—History. 6. World War, 1939–1945—Atrocities. 7. Prisoners of war—Thailand—Biography. 8. Prisoners of war—Great Britain—Biography. I. Title.

D805.T5L66 1995

940.54'7252—dc20 95–23529

ISBN 0-393-03910-2

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