Operation Rangoon Jail

Editore: Christopher Johnson, London: United Kingdom, 1954

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Published in 1954 by Christopher Johnson, Colonel K. P. Mackenzie's Operation Rangoon Jail stands as one of the most remarkable, harrowing accounts of military imprisonment and medical resilience to emerge from the Southeast Asian theater of World War II. Serving as a senior medical officer in the Indian Medical Service, Mackenzie was captured during the chaotic Allied retreat through Burma and subsequently incarcerated inside the infamous Central Jail in Rangoon. This powerful first edition details his arduous tenure as the senior British officer within the prison, where he heroically organized basic medical care, maintained military discipline, and safeguarded the lives of hundreds of Allied captives under brutal, under-resourced conditions. Issued by Christopher Johnson, an independent London publishing house acclaimed for its specialized military memoirs and medical biographies, the volume provides crucial, unsparing historical testimony regarding the psychological and physical endurance of prisoners of war in Japanese hands. Mackenzie's prose balances stoic clinical observation with profound human compassion, capturing the triumphs of solidarity amidst overwhelming deprivation. Surviving examples of this mid-century printing have become notably difficult to secure in collectible condition, establishing the work as a crucial, highly desirable cornerstone for serious collectors of World War II military history, medical memoirs, and Burmese campaign literature. The endpapers have some significant toning with an inscriptiion on the front endpaper. Spine cracked at the front endpaper. A name also on the title page.…

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Titolo
Operation Rangoon Jail
Autore
Colonel K. P. MacKenzie
Editore
Christopher Johnson, London: United Kingdom
Anno di pubblicazione
1954
Tipo di libro
Burma
Rilegatura
Hard
Peso dell'articolo
424 grammi
Dimensioni
15cm x 22cm
Cataloghi dei venditori
Burma

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