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Peter N. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Liverpool University. A former President of both the International Commission for Maritime History and of the International Maritime Economic History Association, he has also served as a Visiting Professor at Musashi University, Tokyo, and at Shudo University, Hiroshima. He is the author numerous books including The Trade Makers, Elder Dempster in West Africa (1973), The Man Behind the Bridge: Colonel Toosey and the River Kwai (1991) and, most recently, The Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes: Aspects of the Evolution of Commerce in Modern Japan, 1861-1910 (2008). Peter N. Davies is Emeritus Professor of Economic History at Liverpool University. Former President of the International Commission for Maritime History and of the International Maritime Economic History Association, Visiting Professor at Musashi University, Tokyo, and at Shudo University, Hiroshima. Books include The Trade Makers, Elder Dempster in West Africa (1973), The Man Behind the Bridge: Colonel Toosey and the River Kwai (1991), The Business, Life and Letters of Frederick Cornes (2008).

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A translation of the only account of the building of the notorious Thai-Burma Railway by a Japanese engineer involved in its construction. Yoshihiko Futamatsu's new source of historical and technical reference complements existing work in English. Includes reflections on the course and conduct of 'his' war and his engineering and army experiences.

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Acknowledgements, Foreword by Peter N. Davies, Introduction by Ewart Escritt, Across the Three Pagodas Pass, Translator's Acknowledgements, Preface by Yoshihiko Futamatsu, Chapter 1 Departure for the Front, Chapter 2 In Indo-China, Chapter 3 Opening of Hostilities, Chapter 4 The River Krian, Chapter 5 The Malayan Campaign, Chapter 6 The Fall of Singapore, Chapter 7 Surrender, Chapter 8 Sh?nan: Light of the South, Chapter 9 The Thai-Burma Railway, Chapter 10 Preparing Construction, Chapter 11 Banpong, Chapter 12 Prisoners-of-War, Chapter 13 Constructing the Railway, Chapter 14 Thailand, Chapter 15 The River Kwae Noi, Chapter 16 The Mae Khlaung Bridge, Chapter 17 Kanchanaburi, Chapter 18 The Jungle, Chapter 19 From Bangkok to Singapore, Chapter 20 Rush Construction, Chapter 21 The Base at Wanyai, Chapter 22 The Labour Force, Chapter 23 Survey Unit, Chapter 24 Test Run, Chapter 25 Bridge-Building and Shifting Earth, Chapter 26 The Rainy Season: The Monsoon, Chapter 27 Kinsaiyok, Chapter 28 Diseases and Epidemics, Chapter 29 Cattle Drive, Chapter 30 Living in the Jungle, Chapter 31 Soon to the Three Pagodas Pass, Chapter 32 Towards the Setting Sun, Chapter 33 Opening to Traffic, Chapter 34 The Bombing, Chapter 35 End of the War, Chapter 36 Internment, Chapter 37 Repatriation, Footnote, Postscript, End Notes, Glossary, Bibliography, Index.