The enemy in our hands : America's treatment of enemy prisoners of war, from the Revolution to the War on Terror / Robert C. Doyle ; [foreword by Arnold Krammer].
Doyle, Robert C.; Krammer, Arnold, 1941-2018.
2010
UB803 .D689 2010 (Mapit)
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Title The enemy in our hands : America's treatment of enemy prisoners of war, from the Revolution to the War on Terror / Robert C. Doyle ; [foreword by Arnold Krammer].
Author Doyle, Robert C.
ISBN 9780813125893 (alk. paper)
0813125898 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Lexington, Ky. : University Press of Kentucky, c2010.
Language English
Description xx, 468 p. : ill., photos ; 24 cm.
Call Number UB803 .D689 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.1/2960973
Summary From the Publisher: "Winston Churchill once remarked, "A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him." "Discovery and exposure of the U.S. military's inhumane treatment of detainees at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and the Guantanamo Bay detention camp generated a media frenzy that many argue irrevocably damaged America's reputation as a world leader. Worldwide scrutiny of the photos and descriptions of the abuse of enemy prisoners of war, or EPWs, from the war on terror incited allegations of human rights violations and possible war crimes and left many wondering whether the mistreatment of these prisoners was an isolated set of circumstances or, conversely, one example among many of atrocities rooted in our nation's history." "Drawing from diverse primary sources, military historian Robert C. Doyle illuminates America's prisoner of war policies from the founding era to the present. A work of history with direct relevance to contemporary events, The Enemy in Our Hands: America's Treatment of Prisoners of War from the Revolution to the War on Terror examines every major war and conflict, from the American Revolution through the Civil War, both world wars, Vietnam, and Afghanistan, to provide a comprehensive understanding of American treatment of EPWs." "Doyle offers a nuanced interpretation of American military history, suggesting that the treatment of EPWs in each conflict was a unique reflection of the prevailing political attitudes of the day. The military's incarceration practices with prisoners, particularly its methods used for interrogation, have evolved dramatically since the prisoner exchanges of the American Revolution. Using graphic details of the experiences of captured enemy combatants and civilians, The Enemy in Our Hands explores each war's adherence to international standards of conduct, including the 1929 Geneva Convention." The Enemy in Our Hands is a complete cultural analysis of a complicated issue the nation has struggled with since its inception. As the context of modern warfare continues to be shaped by current events, it is incumbent upon America to consider its treatment of EPWs and how that treatment defines national character.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author Krammer, Arnold, 1941-2018.
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Foreword / Arnold Krammer
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Enemy : imposing the condition of captivity
1: Prisoners of independence: British and Hessian enemy prisoners of war
2: Habeas corpus: war against Loyalists and Quakers
3: Second American revolution: cartel and enemy prisoners of the War of 1812
4: Manifest destiny versus nativism: Mexico, 1846-1848
5: Prisoners of politics: a very uncivil war
6: Indians as POWs in America: from discovery to 1914
7: Spaniards and Insurrectos: Spanish-American War (1898) and war in the Philippines (1899-1905)
8: Over there and over here: enemy prisoners of war and prisoners of state in the Great War
9: Pensionierte Wehrmacht: German and Italian POWs and internees in the United States
10: Reborn: Japanese soldiers as enemy prisoners of war and American Nisei internees
11: After the victory: optimism, justice, or vengeance?
12: Prisoners at war: forced repatriation and the prison revolts in Korea
13: Vietnam quagmire: enemy prisoners of war, Phoenix, and the Vietcong infrastructure
14: To Desert Storm and beyond: enemy prisoners of war and the conflict of rules
15: Iraqi freedom, Abu Ghraib, and the Guantanamo: the problem of the moral high ground
16: Evolution of new paradigms: reflections on the past, present, and future
Appendixes
1: Loyalists units organized in the American Revolution
2: Cartel for the exchange of POWs in the War of 1812
3: Confederate and union POW camps
4: General order 207: instructions for the government of armies of the United States
5: Andersonville deaths, 1864-1865
6: Hague convention ratified by the United States, 3 December 1909
7: German personers captured by US divisions, 1917-1918
8: Executive order 9066
9: World War II trials of US personnel
10: Nuremberg principles, 1946
11: Geneva convention, 1949
12: US code of conduct, 1954
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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