America's Captives Treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror

Springer, Paul J. (Author). Project Muse. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780700617173 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0700617175
ISBN: 9780700627219
ISBN: 0700627219
Physical Description: 1 online resource (viii, 278 p. :) ill., photographs.
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Computer data.
electronic resource
Publisher: Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, c2010.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatMonthString:june.23 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	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.
Type of Computer File or Data Note:	Text (HTML), electronic book.
System Details Note:	Mode of access: Internet.
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note:	Access requires VIU IP addresses and is restricted to VIU students, faculty and staff. Access restricted by subscription.
Issuing Body Note:	Made available online by JSTOR.
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.