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000352785 1001_ $$aSpringer, Paul J.
000352785 24510 $$aAmerica's captives :$$btreatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror /$$cPaul J. Springer.
000352785 260__ $$aLawrence, Kan. :$$bUniversity Press of Kansas,$$cc2010.
000352785 300__ $$a[ix], 278 p. :$$bill., photos ;$$c24 cm.
000352785 440_0 $$aModern war studies.
000352785 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
000352785 5050_ $$aIntroduction : American pow policy and practice -- Struggling into existence : the American Revolution -- The first declared war : the War of 1812 -- Prisoners on foreign soil : the war against Mexico -- Brother against brother : the American Civil War -- America becomes a world power, 1865-1919 -- America becomes a superpower : World War II -- Containing communism : the Korean War -- The dominoes begin to fall : the Vietnam War -- Pow policy in the post-cold war era -- Conclusion : The future of American pow policy.
000352785 520__ $$a"Focusing on each major war in turn, Springer examines the lessons learned and forgotten by American military and political leaders regarding our nation's experience in dealing with foreign POWs. He highlights the indignities of the Civil War, the efforts of the United States and its World War I allies to devise an effective POW policy, the unequal treatment of Japanese prisoners compared with that of German and Italian prisoners during World War II, and the impact of the Geneva Convention on the handling of Korean and Vietnamese captives. In bringing his coverage up to the so-called War on Terror, he also marks the nation's clear departure from previous practice--American treatment of POWs, once deemed exemplary by the Red Cross after Operation Desert Storm, has become controversial throughout the world."--Book jacket.
000352785 650_0 $$aPrisoners of war$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000352785 650_0 $$aPrisoners of war$$xGovernment policy$$zUnited States$$xHistory.
000352785 651_0 $$aUnited States$$xHistory, Military.
000352785 85200 $$bgen$$hUB803$$i.S67$$i2010
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