We fight for peace
Subtitle: twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War
By: Brian D. McKnight
Publisher: The Kent State University Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Kent, Ohio
Language: eng
Number of pages: 333
ISBN-13: 9781606352076
Subjects: Korean War, 1950-1953; Repatriation; Prisoners and prisons; Defectors; Biography; Prisoners of war; Soldiers; Americans
Other titles: Twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322) and index.
Table of contents: title: Beginnings and backgrounds; title: The short careers of soldiers; title: Captivity and compromise; title: Winning the hearts of soldiers; title: Politicians and their careers; title: The shocking refusal: July 27-October 20, 1953; title: The returns...Ed Dickenson: October 20-December 31, 1953; title: Dickenson's reckoning; title: Batchelor's reckoning; title: Men jailed...and walking free, 1954-1957; title: Outcasts in life and death since 1958; title: Lessons, learned and ignored.