• "A personal war, a dirty war"
• "We don't recognize the Red Cross"
• "The use of white POW is earnestly desired"
• Voyages in hell
• Mitsui : "we will send you to Omuta"
• Mitsui : hidden horror, hidden treasures
• Showa Denko : daily dangers
• NKK : hard times everywhere
• Mitsubishi : empire of exploitation
• Kawasaki : from slave laborers to subway riders
• Double-crossed relief
• "Not to leave any traces"
• Tokyo trials : the dog that did not bark
• What is a lifetime worth?
• Balancing the books.

During World War II, 32,260 Americans were held as prisoners of war of the Japanese. Thousands were shipped to do forced labor in the factories, shipyards, & mines of Japan--at the specific request of major Japanese companies. For more than 50 years, this story has gone untold--until now. Combining investigative research, personal interviews with more than 400 ex-POWs, excerpts from POW diaries, & samples of the more than 300 recently declassified documents, Pacific War historian Linda Goetz Holmes reveals the brutal & exploitative practices of Japanese companies during World War II.