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Prisoners of the Japanese

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4.34.7K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Historian Sarah Kovner talks to us about her new book, Prisoners of the Empire, which challenges longstanding beliefs about why Allied prisoners were mistreated in Japanese camps during the Second World War. Historyextra.com/podcast Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hello and welcome to the History Extra podcast from BBC History Magazine, Britain's best-selling history magazine.

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I'm Eli Korthon. In today's episode, you'll be hearing from Sarah Kovner, who's a historian based at Columbia University. She's the author of the new book, Prisoners of the Empire, which explores the treatment of Allied prisoners of war in Japanese camps during the Second World War and seeks to explain why so many

1:45.5

were neglected and abused. Sarah spoke to our editor, Rob Atta. Sarah, quite a small percentage

1:53.5

of servicemen actually ended up in Japanese captivity during the war. So why do you feel this

1:59.6

has become such a dominant part of narratives of the war?

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