The hijacked war : the story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War /

The Korean War lasted for three years, one month, and two days, but armistice talks occupied more than two of those years, as more than 14,000 Chinese prisoners of war refused to return to Communist China and demanded to go to Nationalist Taiwan, effectively hijacking the negotiations and thwarting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chang, David Cheng, 1974- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
Temas:
1900-1999
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Prisoners and prisons, Chinese.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Personal narratives, Chinese.
Repatriation > China > History > 20th century.
Repatriation > Taiwan > History > 20th century.
Communists > China > History > 20th century.
Nationalists > China > History > 20th century.
Nationalistes > Chine > Histoire > 20e siècle.
HISTORY > Military > Korean War.
Communists
Diplomatic relations
Nationalists
Repatriation
United States > Foreign relations > 1945-1953.
China > History > Civil War, 1945-1949.
États-Unis > Relations extérieures > 1945-1953.
Chine > Histoire > 1945-1949 (Guerre civile)
China
Taiwan
United States
History
Personal narratives > Chinese
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Fleeing or embracing the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
  • Reforming former nationalists
  • Desperados and volunteers
  • Chiang, Macarthur, Truman, and NSC-81/1
  • Defectors and prisoners in the first three Chinese offensives
  • Ridgway's turnaround, MacArthur's exit, and Taiwan's entry
  • The fifth offensive debacle
  • Civil war in the POW camps
  • The debate over prisoner repatriation in Washington, Panmunjom, and Taipei
  • Screening : "voluntary repatriation" turns violent
  • Gen. Dodd's kidnapping and Gen. Boatner's crackdown
  • China hands on Koje and Cheju
  • The October 1 massacre on Cheju
  • Exchanges and "explanation"
  • Prisoner-agents of unit 8240
  • Aftermath.

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