"We fight for peace" : twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War /

"We fight for peace" : twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	McKnight, Brian Dallas, author.
Imprint:	Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, [2014] ©2014
Description:	x, 333 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Korean War (1950-1953) Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons. Repatriation -- United States. 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. Americans. Defectors. Prisoners of war. Repatriation. Soldiers. China. United States. Biography.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10116320

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Varying Form of Title:	Twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War
ISBN:	9781606352076 (hardcover) 1606352075 (hardcover)
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322) and index.

Table of Contents:

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.