Four Years In A Red Coat -

Paperback. Very Good.

Mile End, SA: Wakefield Press. 2022. MINT - a NEW copy. Illustrated with Black and White Photographs. Translated by Hiroko Cockerill. 201 pages. Presents for the first time in English translation Miyakatsu Koike’s wartime diary. It is a keenly observed record of his arrest, his hellish voyage to distant South Australia, his endurance of years in the Loveday Internment Camp, and his return ultimately to a war ravaged homeland. More than that, it is a testament to one man's calmly stoic triumph over sustained adversity. The scars of his war are indelible, yet Koike emerges from it with his humanity not just intact but enhanced. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. . New. 1st Edition. Trade Paperback.

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Mile End.: Wakefield Press.. 2022.. Black & white photographic illustrations, ix + 201pp. Paperback. New. "Before the Japanese Imperial Navy Air Service staged its surprise strike on Pearl Harbor, Miyakatsu Koike lived the privileged life of a Japanese expatriate in the Dutch East Indies. Through the working week he was a conscientious employee of the Yokohama Specie Bank in Surabaya. The rest of his time he could devote to playing golf and tennis, to indulging his hobby photography, and to exploring Java with his wife Fumiko. When his countrymen committed themselves to the 'Greater East Asia War', however, that world came to an abrupt and painful end. Four Years in a Red Coat presents for the first time in English translation Miyakatsu Koike's wartime diary. It is a keenly observed record of his arrest, his hellish voyage to distant South Australia, his endurance of years in the Loveday Internment Camp, and his return ultimately to a war-ravaged homeland. More than that, it is a testament to one… Read More

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