McKnight, Brian Dallas,

"We fight for peace" : twenty-three American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War / Story of twenty-two American soldiers, prisoners of war, and "turncoats" in the Korean War Brian D. McKnight. - 1 online resource (344 pages) : illustrations

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.

9781612778655 (e-book)


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


Electronic books.

DS921.2 / .M35 2014eb

951.904/27