America's Captives : Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror /

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"Focusing on each major war in turn, Springer examines the lessons learned and forgotten by American military and political leaders regarding our nation's experience in dealing with foreign POWs. He highlights the indignities of the Civil War, the efforts of the United States and its World...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Springer, Paul J.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, 2010.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Prisonniers de guerre > États-Unis.
International humanitarian law.
Military history.
Politics.
Government.
Prisoners of war.
United States of America.
Kriegsgefangener.
Kriegsgefangener
Prisoners of war > Government policy.
Prisonniers de guerre > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis > Histoire.
Prisoners of war > Government policy > United States > History.
Prisoners of war > United States > History.
USA.
États-Unis > Histoire militaire.
USA
United States.
United States > History, Military.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : American pow policy and practice
  • Struggling into existence : the American Revolution
  • The first declared war : the War of 1812
  • Prisoners on foreign soil : the war against Mexico
  • Brother against brother : the American Civil War
  • America becomes a world power, 1865-1919
  • America becomes a superpower : World War II
  • Containing communism : the Korean War
  • The dominoes begin to fall : the Vietnam War
  • Pow policy in the post-cold war era
  • Conclusion : The future of American pow policy.

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