America's captives
Subtitle: treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror
By: Paul J. Springer.
Series: Modern war studies
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lawrence
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780700617173
Subjects: Prisoners of war -- United States -- History; Prisoners of war -- Government policy -- United States -- History; United States -- History, Military
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : American pow policy and practice; title: Struggling into existence : the American Revolution; title: The first declared war : the War of 1812; title: Prisoners on foreign soil : the war against Mexico; title: Brother against brother : the American Civil War; title: America becomes a world power, 1865-1919; title: America becomes a superpower : World War II; title: Containing communism : the Korean War; title: The dominoes begin to fall : the Vietnam War; title: Pow policy in the post-cold war era; title: Conclusion : the future of American pow policy.