Name, rank, and serial number: exploiting Korean War POWs at home and abroad

The Korean War became a prolonged struggle over POWs, as Name, Rank, and Serial Number details. The United Nations Command compelled prisoners to defect and the communists used captive GIs in propaganda denouncing capitalism. At home, ex-POWs were used in propaganda again when the Army chastised the...

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Beteilige Person: Young, Charles S. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2014
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Links:https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183481.001.0001
https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183481.001.0001
Zusammenfassung:The Korean War became a prolonged struggle over POWs, as Name, Rank, and Serial Number details. The United Nations Command compelled prisoners to defect and the communists used captive GIs in propaganda denouncing capitalism. At home, ex-POWs were used in propaganda again when the Army chastised the nation for raising effeminate sons unable to withstand captivity
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Umfang:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780199344796
DOI:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183481.001.0001