We Fight for Peace : Twenty-Three American Soldiers, Prisoners of War, and Turncoats in the Korean War.

During the summer of 1864 a Union column, commanded by Maj. Gen. Andrew Jackson Smith, set out from Tennessee with a goal that had proven impossible in all prior attempts-to find and defeat the cavalry under the command of Confederate major general Nathan Bedford Forrest. Forrest's cavalry was...

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Main Author: McKnight, Brian D.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: The Kent State University Press, 2014.
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Table of Contents:
  • Halftitle Page; Title Page; Dedication; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One: Beginnings and Backgrounds; Two: The Short Careers of Soldiers; Three: Captivity and Compromise; Four: Winning Captive Hearts; Five: Politicians and Their Careers; Six: The Shocking Refusal: July 27-October 20, 1953; Seven: The Returns ... Ed Dickenson-October 20-December 31, 1953; Eight: Dickenson's Reckoning; Nine: Batchelor's Reckoning; Ten: Men Jailed ... and Walking Free, 1954-1957; Eleven: Outcasts in Life and Death since 1958; Twelve: Lessons, Learned and Ignored; Notes; Bibliography.