The Hotel Tacloban: The Explosive True Story of One American's Journey to Hell in a Japanese POW Camp

By: Douglas Valentine

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Synopsis: A &“very dramatic [and] compelling&” World War II story of murder, mutiny, and a military cover-up, from the author of The Phoenix Program (The New York Times). Captured by the Japanese while on patrol in the fetid jungles of New Guinea, Douglas Valentine&’s father, who&’d enlisted in the US Army at age sixteen, was sent to a prison camp in the Philippines, where he was interned with Australian and British soldiers. The events that followed make up this &“well-told, chilling&” story of betrayal and brutality—a powerful tale of a son uncovering the traumatic events that shaped the rest of his father&’s life (Los Angeles Times Book Review). &“Not just a searing picture of life in a terrible POW camp, it is also a significant historical document about a place that the U.S. military says never existed.&” —Publishers Weekly