In March 2013, I self-published 
The Devil’s Grin

(see description below)

 

If you want to receive a free-of-charge, digital pdf copy of this book, that you can read on any computer and on most tablets etc. when using the proper software, please order your pdf copy by contacting me by email.

See the right column on this page for contact information to obtain my email address and postal address.

There is also a limited number of printed books for sale (illustrated paperback, 6x9 in., 186 p.). Cost depends on where you live:

If you live in Canada, please send me a cheque for CD$34 ($30 for the book and $4 for postage and handling) and include your name, address, and email address. If you can pick up the book yourself from my home, there will be no p/h cost.

If you live in the USA, please send me a check for US$38 ($30 for the book and $8 for postage and handling) and include your name, address, and email address.

If you live in the rest of the world, please send me an international money order for CD$45 ($30 for the book and $15 for airmail postage and handling) and include your name, address, and email address. Delivery can be expected in 10 or more business days after receipt of the order, depending upon the destination country.

 

The Devil's Grin 

Why and How the Japanese Military Imprisoned Dutch Civilians Living in the Dutch East Indies During the 1941-1945 Pacific War.
 

The Devil's Grin aims to provide insight into, and information about, the mentality, philosophy, and motivation of the Japanese people, especially the Japanese military, before and during the 1941-1945 war in the Pacific, as well as their system of civilian concentration camps in the Dutch East Indies colony in Southeast Asia.

The book also portrays the story of a young Dutch teenage boy developing into an eighteen-year-old man under brutal circumstances as a civilian prisoner of war in Japanese concentration camps in the Dutch East Indies. The story is formatted not as a conventional, detailed memoir but as an informative, journalistic report inspired by, and to a large extent based on, my own experiences, observations, and thoughts as a civilian prisoner of war.

The purpose of this book is to offer an English-language source of information to the general public on the state of affairs in the Dutch East Indies colony, which has now become Indonesia, when the country was conquered and occupied by the Japanese during the Pacific War. Particular attention is paid to events taking place in the civilian concentration camps where a great many Dutch nationals were incarcerated. In the extensive collection of written history on this war, the state of affairs in the Dutch colony has regrettably not received the attention it deserves. I hope that this book will remedy that unfortunate situation to some degree by offering it to as many people as possible as a free-of-charge, digital pdf file that can be ordered by email; a limited number of printed books is also available (see above).