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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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
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2014.
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199344796 (ebook) |
| DOI: | 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195183481.001.0001 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 19, 2014) |