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Autore |
McKnight Brian Dallas |
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Titolo |
"We fight for peace" : twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War / / Brian D. McKnight |
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Kent, Ohio : , : The Kent State University Press, , [2014] |
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©2014 |
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1-61277-865-8 |
1-61277-864-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (344 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Korean War, 1950-1953 - Repatriation |
Korean War, 1950-1953 - Prisoners and prisons |
Defectors - United States |
Defectors - China |
Prisoners of war - United States |
Prisoners of war - China |
Soldiers - United States |
Korean War, 1950-1953 |
Americans - China |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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. |
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