The Real Tenko: Extraordinary True Stories of Women Prisoners of the
Japanese

By Mark Felton

THIS well-researched book follows the story of the Allied medical staff who were caught in Japan’s wave of terror during the Second World War. There was a dreadful assumption in the West that the Japanese would respect non-combatants and Felton uses this misjudgement to explore Japan’s attitudes to its adversaries.

The book concludes with the atomic bombs and briefly follows the fate of Australian nursing survivors as they try to rebuild their shattered lives. The Real Tenko has to be read but be warned, such is the grim nature of its contents, reaching the end of this disturbing and harrowing account is a relief.
Lt Col Andy Gladen, RE

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Voices Against War: A Century of Protest

By Lynn Smith

I DID not expect to find much in the way of original material in this latest offering from the Voices series. I was wrong. Voices Against War proved to
be a very thought-provoking and revealing read.

As the title suggests the subject matter ranges across a century of anti-war protest and conscientious
objection. Beginning with the Great War and progressing through history right up to today’s conflicts, this book really does take the reader inside the ranks of the various anti-war movements.
Maj Mike Peters, AAC

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Jungle Soldier: The True Story of Freddie Spencer Chapman

By Brian Moynahan

A BRILLIANT biography that focuses on one of the unsung heroes of the Second World War. Introduced to Chapman as a schoolboy with a passion for exploration and adventure, readers learn how our protagonist found himself training indigenous guerrilla fighters in South East Asia and how he evaded
capture by the Japanese during three years of jungle cat-and-mouse.

Describing Chapman as “the Jungle Lawrence” is no exaggeration – an extraordinary man and a fantastic read.
Cpl Chris MacCallum, Int Corps

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We Hope to Get Word Tomorrow: The Garvin Family Letters, 1914 – 1916

By Mark Pottle and John Ledingham

MANY of those deployed to isolated locations on current operations have been reminded of the intimacy that hand-written letters carry when compared to an email or a short welfare phone call.

This absorbing book uses a collection of personal letters exchanged between a young officer on the Western Front and his father and mother in England. It really does reflect on every facet of the war at home and in the trenches. There are some striking parallels
with the correspondents’ views of their war and the public view of the war we are fighting today.
Maj Mike Peters, AAC

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Auf Wiedersehen Lads

by Malcolm Robinson, Barry Hindmarch and Robert Nichols

AN excellent little book that deals with the end of the 2008/09 football season, in particular the top three North East teams; Middlesborough, Newcastle and Sunderland. All three teams were fighting for their Premiership lives.

Auf Wiedersehen Lads features three fans – one from each club – who recorded their thoughts as the season came to a close and also contains interviews with players, tales of horrendous train journeys and painful comedy. Successfully conveying the feelings of uncertainty surrounding the relegation battle, this is a quality book that any football fan will love.
Cpl Chris MacCallum, Int Corps