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

Name, rank, and serial number : exploiting Korean War POWs at home and abroad / Charles S. Young.

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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Main Author: Young, Charles S. (Charles Steuart), 1959- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:
1950-1953
Korean War, 1950-1953 > Prisoners and prisons.
Prisoners of war > United States.
Prisoners of war > Korea (North)
Korean War, 1950-1953 > United States > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
Prisoners of war
Public opinion
Korea (North)
United States
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource : illustrations (black and white)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780199344796
0199344795
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 19, 2014).

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