On January 25, 1945, Private Ooka Shohei of the Japanese Imperial Army was captured by American forces in the Philippines. Near death from starvation and acute malaria, he was nursed back to health by his captors and shipped off to a POW camp. Taken Captive is his powerful and poignant account of life as a prisoner of war.
| japanese title: | Furyoki |
| notes: | Japanese title: Furyoki. |
| subjects: | Prisoners of war World War, 1939-1945, Fiction |
| genre: | Fiction |
| ISBN: | 9780471142850 |
| OCLC number: | 33042721 |
| publisher: | J. Wiley & Sons |
| publication place: | New York |
| english publication date: | 1996 |
| document type: | Book |
| description: | xiv, 330 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. |
| related: | A Pacific Basin Institute Book |