The man behind the bridge : Colonel Toosey and the River Kwai / Peter N. Davies.

London : Athlone, 1991.

xv,233p., [16]p. of plates : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 24cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Lieutenant Colonel Toosey was the senior British officer concerned with the building of the "bridge over the River Kwai". This book is both a memorial to him and an accurate historical account of the building of the Thai-Burma railway, during which over 16,000 POWs died.

9780485114027

940.547252

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