We Fight for Peace : Twenty-three American Soldiers, Prisoner of War, and "Turncoats" in the Korean War /

At midnight on January 24, 1954, the last step was taken in the armistice to end the war in Korea. That night, the neutral Indian guards who had overseen the prisoner of war repatriation process abandoned their posts, leaving their charges to make their own decisions. The vast majority of men allowe...

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Autor principal: McKnight, Brian Dallas (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Soldiers.
Repatriation.
Prisoners of war.
Defectors.
Americans.
HISTORY > Asia > China.
HISTORY > Military > Korean War.
Guerre de Coree, 1950-1953 > Biographies.
Prisonniers de guerre > Chine > Biographies.
Transfuges > Chine > Biographies.
Transfuges > États-Unis > Biographies.
Rapatriement > États-Unis.
Americans > China > Biography.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Biography.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Prisoners of war > China > Biography.
Prisoners of war > United States > Biography.
Defectors > China > Biography.
Defectors > United States > Biography.
Repatriation > United States.
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Prisoners and prisons.
United States.
China.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Beginnings and backgrounds
  • The short careers of soldiers
  • Captivity and compromise
  • Winning the hearts of soldiers
  • Politicians and their careers
  • The shocking refusal: July 27-October 20, 1953
  • The returns ... Ed Dickenson: October 20-December 31, 1953
  • Dickenson's reckoning
  • Batchelor's reckoning
  • Men jailed ... and walking free, 1954-1957
  • Outcasts in life and death since 1958
  • Lessons, learned and ignored.

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