America's captives : treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror / Paul J. Springer.
Springer, Paul J.
2010
UB803 .S67 2010 (Mapit)
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Title America's captives : treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror / Paul J. Springer.
Author Springer, Paul J.
ISBN 9780700617173 (alk. paper)
0700617175 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, c2010.
Language English
Description [ix], 278 p. : ill., photos ; 24 cm.
Call Number UB803 .S67 2010
Dewey Decimal Classification 355.1/2960973
Summary "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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Series Modern war studies.
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Introduction : 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.

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