Author: Gilkey, Langdon,
Title: Shantung Compound: the story of men & women under pressure.
Description: San Francisco, Harper, (1975). 27th ptg. VG PB. 2,000 men, women & children herded together under the menace of Japanese guns rebuild a world & rediscover themselves. Langdon Gilkey was a young American teacher at Yenching University nea Peking, China, when Japanese military under wartime pressure rounded up all foreigners into an internment camp. 2-1/2 yrs later they were released. Gilkey kept a journal during his imprisonment. The camp became a living laboratory, a miniature society illustrating the human condition & moral dilemmas. A vivid diary of prison life & a theologian's mature reflection on the condition of men in times of stress.

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