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We fight for peace

McKnight, Brian Dallas.

We fight for peace the story of twenty-two American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War / [electronic resource] : Brian D. McKnight. - Kent, Ohio : The Kent State University Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (pages cm) - UPCC book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9781612778648 161277864X


Americans--China--Biography.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Biography.
Soldiers--United States--Biography.
Prisoners of war--China--Biography.
Prisoners of war--United States--Biography.
Defectors--China--Biography.
Defectors--United States--Biography.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Repatriation.


Electronic books.

DS921.2 / .M35 2014

951.904/27