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Captured: The Japanese Internment of American Civilians in the Philippines, 1941-1945 Paperback – March 1, 2019

by Frances B. Cogan (Author)
4.4 4.4 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
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More than five thousand American civilian men, women, and children living in the Philippines during World War II were confined to internment camps following Japan's late December 1941 victories in Manila. Captured tells the story of daily life in five different camps―the crowded housing, mounting familial and international tensions, heavy labor, and increasingly severe malnourishment that made the internees' rescue a race with starvation. Frances B. Cogan explores the events behind this nearly four-year captivity, explaining how and why this little-known internment occurred. A thorough historical account, the book addresses several controversial issues about the internment, including Japanese intentions toward their prisoners and the U.S. State Department's role in allowing the presence of American civilians in the Philippines during wartime.

Supported by diaries, memoirs, war crimes transcripts, Japanese soldiers' accounts, medical data, and many other sources, Captured presents a detailed and moving chronicle of the internees' efforts to survive. Cogan compares living conditions within the internment camps with life in POW camps and with the living conditions of Japanese soldiers late in the war. An afterword discusses the experiences of internment survivors after the war, combining medical and legal statistics with personal anecdotes to create a testament to the thousands of Americans whose captivity haunted them long after the war ended.

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    384 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    University of Georgia Press
  4. Publication date
    March 1, 2019
  5. Dimensions
    6 x 0.95 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0820355402
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0820355405
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Captured is an important and powerful piece of World War II history, as well as a fascinating human interest story, and offers a foundation on which broader studies of international internments might be made. There is no other book that attempts as much coverage.

-- Carol M. Petillo ― Author of Douglas MacArthur: The Philippine Years

Cogan has given us a truly remarkable and important book. Her work is a labor of love and is significant not only for students and scholars of World War II, but also for those interested in the wider American historical experience.

-- American Historical Review

The U.S. internment of Japanese-Americans during WWII is well-known, but this captivating history depicts a virtually unknown tale: the story of Japan's wartime imprisonment of Americans living in the Philippines. . . . Through her use of prisoners' diaries, Cogan turns this history into compelling drama. . . . Cogan demonstrates in straightforward, lucid prose how, once the Americans were captured and interned, their once-comfortable lives devolved into subsistence. She carefully avoids both understatement and exaggeration, noting, for instance, the kindness shown by some guards. . . . [An] original addition to WWII history.

-- Publishers Weekly

A valuable study about American civilians interned in the Philippines by the Japanese during the Pacific war. Cogan's Captured is part of a slowly growing historiography on Americans taken prisoner by the Japanese during the war, and she is to be commended for completing a more comprehensive study of civilian internees than has heretofore been attempted.

-- Journal of American History

Captured is a wake-up call as to what Americans need to know about atrocities that occurred to civilians during World War II.

-- McCormick Messenger

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Insights into daily life for Japanese-held Allied civilians during World War II

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Georgia Press; Reprint edition (March 1, 2019)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 384 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0820355402
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0820355405
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.26 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.95 x 9 inches
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John F. Ream
5.0 out of 5 stars Captured:An accurate and detailed review of American civilians held in captivity
Reviewed in the United States on November 2, 2010
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I was a child in the Baguio/Bilibid group that the author describes. I also had family in Santo Tomas. The author gives a comprehensive view of the camps and carefully weights the credibility of her sources. This was a great book!
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Francis T. Hill Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Captured:the japanese internment of american civilians in the philippines1941-1945
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2009
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A wonderfully informative book about a hitherto unknown event during the second world war in the far east. Highly recommend this book for all who are interested in this venue.
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engel
4.0 out of 5 stars Civilians interned by Japanese in Asia World War II
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2013
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The first scholarly summary of civilian internment in the Pacific under the Japanese. Most of the content relates to Americans interned in Satno Tomas in Manila and in the Baguio.
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jumpy
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on November 11, 2014
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Excellent personal views of WWII and capture of Manila.
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James Litton
1.0 out of 5 stars Poor Research
Reviewed in the United States on November 8, 2001
This book is full of historical errors. There were so many that I stopped reading it after I had finished about 80 pages. The author should revise the present edition and do more research to eliminate all those execreble and egregious errors! I am a survior of the Battle of Manila and I know whereof I speak.
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Anonymous1
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2011
While I am biased, because my mother and her parents lived through the internment camps in the Philippines during WW2, I found this book a gripping read. It is fascinating on many levels: as a straightforward story, as a study of communities formed under stress, as a look at American culture from a new perspective. Cogan tries hard to be neutral and treat the Japanese fairly, which is very much to her credit. It is wonderful to have so many different accounts drawn together and summarized in one place.

I am now living in the Philippines, myself. It is such an under-studied place, and there is so much to study here. This book serves as a good point of access to a subject that should be important to many of us.
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T. G. Browning
5.0 out of 5 stars Not Politically Correct
Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2003
Dr. Cogan's book is a well written, extremely well researched and oddly enough, politically incorrect account of the civilian internment during the war. She seems to prefer to give an accurate account rather than a sanitized version that many seem to prefer these days. Between her and Iris Chang, people have finally have a chance to read the truth about the terrible crimes committed by Japan throughout the Far East both before US involvement and after.
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Jason Tanner
4.0 out of 5 stars An Encyclopedia of Internment Life
Reviewed in the United States on April 17, 2010
Frances Cogan's book Captured is about American civilian life in the Philippines before, during, and after World War 2. Cogan discusses topics such as American life before the Japanese invasion, internee work during their camp years, and even what happened to the internee's after the war. Cogan also delves into the stories of specific families from different camps. Ensuring the reader understands the setting, no expense is spared on discussing topics such as Japanese administration and treatment, the guerrillas who hid during the war, and battle plans for camp liberations by the US military.

The books theme is about several controversies surrounding civilian internment. For one, Cogan claims that overtime as the Japanese began to lose in the war; their treatment towards the civilians became harsher. The book also discusses Japanese administration and how each camp was controlled by, "the personality of the commandant and the location of the camp" (112). Another issue surrounding camp life involved how the Japanese did not follow international regulations in regards to food, health, and safety for the internees. As Cogan suggests, "during those earlier months, the internees, left to their own resources... forced to finance, find, beg, or sign IOUs for food to feed them and for medical supplies" (151).

The value of this book is extraordinary. Not only does Cogan focus on using many first hand accounts from both internee's, guerillas, and soldiers alike, she points out the contradictory accounts and pieces together an accurate story of what happened. Cogan uses, "government documents, modern historiography, a variety of accounts now published, access to a number of unpublished manuscripts and diaries" as resources for writing a thorough history of the Philippines (5). By explaining the background history, Cogan is able to help the reader imagine the thought process, feelings, and emotions of all involved. One example is in the first chapter when Cogan explains the relationship between Filipinos and Americans. This gives the reader a good understanding about why many Americans were able to survive camp life. Another major topic discussed was the rescue of the Los Banos camp by the US military. Cogan does not disappoint when describing this dramatic situation. Using both soldier's and internees first hand accounts, one gets a feeling of what is was like to be in the camp during the rescue.

There are problems with the writing style. Many times throughout the book Cogan fails to deliver an appropriate transition when changing subjects. On page 223, Cogan abruptly switches subjects in the chapter focusing on shelters and living space. When comparing the different camp living spaces, Cogan stops cold and switches to a new subject, "The July addition of 520 missionaries" (223).

Other problems include her use of sources. Though her large amount of research provides plenty of info, at times the use of so many sources confuses the reader. For example, in chapter 1 explaining the days before the Japanese invasion, Cogan uses too many people's perspectives. It seems as if every new page introduces a new character. It takes until the 3rd or 4th chapter to realize which families Cogan decides to follow for the rest of the book. Another problem is the feeling that there are too many sources quoted, which makes the reader feel like the book is just a book describing other books. In chapter one, the reader can find seven large excerpts from other books. These problems make the book feel unoriginal.

A final problem with the book is its organization. In the introduction, Cogan explains that the subject of each chapter will be based on topics such as shelter life or administration. This however is not the problem. The real problem is that many times throughout this book Cogan will go off into tangents that have little to do with the intended purpose of the chapter. One instance relates back to the discussion of missionaries during the shelter chapter. This misplacement devalues the theme of the chapter. Another problem with the organization is that on Cogan's whim she will break the chapters up into different sections. Again this is not bad but the fact that she uses it only on some chapter's makes the chapters weak. A last note on organization, both chapter 6 and 7 are discussing relatively the same topic, food. In reading chapter 7, I felt as if it was only an extension of chapter 6.

Cogan's work describing the lives of civilian internees in the Philippines during World War 2 is rich both in detail and in analysis. Using many primary first hand accounts, Cogan puts the many controversies during the time in the spotlight and tries to explain what happened. The reader can almost envision what it was like to be in the internment camps in the Philippines. However there are problems. Cogan fails to deliver clear transitions between topics. There are also too many sources, the reader becomes confused and has to re-read sections to remember specific characters. For anyone interested in learning about civilian internment camp life in the Philippines, I would highly recommend this book.
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