Long Way Back to the River Kwai: Memories of World War II

by Loet Velmans

A World War II memoir of the author's experience as a prisoner of war in Indonesia describes the more than three years during which he and fellow soldiers were forced by the Japanese to build a railroad through the Burma-Thailand jungle under life-threatening conditions. Reprint.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, World War II, War, Memoir, Asia, Autobiography

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 18, 2005