Author: POOL, RICHARD
Title: Course for Disaster from Scapa Flow to the River Kwai
Description: London: Leo Cooper, 1987. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0850526000. DJ shows very light shelf wear. Gift inscription on FFEP. ; Laid in are 2 letters, one of which was hand written by the author as well as 2 newspaper clippings. Obit notice for author stapled onto front free end paper. A bright, solid book dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped.; B&W Photographs; 9.21 X 6.22 X 0.94 inches; 196 pages; "This is the story of the life at sea, by Naval Officer Richard Pool. He saw the evacuation of Dunkirk, the Fall of Singapore, was sunk of the coast of Malaya and was stranded on a desert island for four months." This was followed by capture by the Japanese and forced labour on the Burma railway.. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0850526000 River Kwai Malayan campaign WWII HMS Repulse dunkirk Burma railway Militaria


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