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Name, rank, and serial number : exploiting Korean War POWs at home and abroad /
"Vietnam POWs came home heroes, but twenty years earlier their predecessors returned from Korea to shame and suspicion. In the Korean War (1950-1953) American prisoners were used in propaganda twice, first during the conflict, then at home. While in Chinese custody in North Korea, they were pre...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, England :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2014.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I: Over There
- 1. Limited War Sets the Stage for the POW Odyssey
- 2. The Middle Passage: Life-Changing Horrors in the First Year of Captivity
- 3. Andersonville East: Communist Prisoners are Pressured to Defect
- 4. Welcome, Fellow Peasant: The Chinese Seek Converts
- 5. POWL: Prisoners of Limited War Languish as Propaganda Becomes a Substitute for Victory
- 6. The Failure of Chinese Indoctrination
- 7. The United Nations Command Withholds POWs
- Part II: Over Here
- 8. Home to Cheers and Jeers
- 9. The Brainwashing Dilemma: Atrocity Reports Undermine Punishment
- 10. Prosecutions Rile the Nation
- 11. Target Mom: Disciplining "Misplaced Sympathy"
- 12. Missing Action: Hollywood Films Try and Fail to Fix Captivity
- 13. The Hidden Reason for Forgetting Korea
- Conclusion: Two Wars, the Visible and the Cloaked
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.