Hong Kong Internment tells the story of the more than three thousand non-Chinese civilians: British, American, Dutch, and others, who were trapped in the British colony and interned behind barbed wire in Stanley Internment Camp from 1942 to 1945. From 1970 to 1972, while researching for his MA thesis, the author interviewed twenty-three former Stanley internees.

Hong Kong Internment tells the story of the more than three thousand non-Chinese civilians: British, American, Dutch, and others, who were trapped in the British colony and interned behind barbed wire in Stanley Internment Camp from 1942 to 1945. From 1970 to 1972, while researching for his MA thesis, the author interviewed twenty-three former Stanley internees.