"We fight for peace" : twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War / Brian D. McKnight. [electronic resource]
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TextPublisher: Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrationsISBN: - 9781612778655 (e-book)
- Story of twenty-two American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Repatriation
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons
- Defectors -- United States -- Biography
- Defectors -- China -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography
- Prisoners of war -- China -- Biography
- Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
- Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Biography
- Americans -- China -- Biography
- 951.904/27 23
- DS921.2 .M35 2014
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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| Ebook | TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone Online | eBook (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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.
Description based on print version record.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.