Burma Railway Man: Secret Letters from a Japanese POW-缅甸铁路工人：日本战俘的密信

作者：Charles Steel

书名：Burma Railway Man: Secret Letters from a Japanese POW《缅甸铁路工人：日本战俘的密信》

中文背景：泰缅铁路（又称缅甸铁路或死亡铁路）是大日本帝国在第二次世界大战期间为了占领英属缅甸修建连结泰国曼谷和缅甸仰光的铁路。死亡铁路的名字来自建设时工人的死亡率。工程中总共募集了1万2千名日本皇军及泰国军队（第五铁道联队）、盟军俘虏6万2千人（俘虏6,318来自英国，2,815自澳洲，2,490自荷兰，剩下大概来自美国和其他国家。战争结束前1万2千人死亡）、数万泰国人、18万缅甸人（4万人死亡）、8万马来亚人（4万2千人死亡）、4万5千印尼人进行施工。

英文简介：Charles Steel took part in two military disasters - the Fall of France and the Dunkirk evacuation, and the Fall of Singapore. Shortly before the latter, he married Louise. Within days of being captured by the Japanese, he began writing a weekly letter to his new bride as means of keeping in touch with her in his mind, for the Japanese forbade all writing of letters and diaries. By the time he was liberated 3 1/2 years later, he had written and hidden some 180 letters, to which were added a further 20 post-liberation letters. Part love-letter, part diary these unique letters intended for Louise's eyes only describe the horror of working as a slave on the Burma - Siam Railway and, in particular, the construction of the famous Bridge over the River Kwai. It is also an uplifting account of how man can rise above adversity and even secretly get back at his captors by means of 'creative accounting’! Now, we can share the appalling and inspiring experiences of this remarkable man.