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The hijacked war : the story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War / David Cheng Chang.
LIBRA DS921.2 .C43 2020
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Chang, David Cheng, 1974- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons.
- Korean War, 1950-1953.
- Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, Chinese.
- Nationalists.
- History.
- Communists.
- Repatriation.
- China.
- Taiwan.
- Repatriation--China--History--20th century.
- Repatriation--Taiwan--History--20th century.
- Communists--China--History--20th century.
- Nationalists--China--History--20th century.
- United States--Foreign relations--1945-1953.
- United States.
- International relations.
- China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.
- Diplomatic relations.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Chinese.
- History.
- Personal narratives.
- Physical Description:
- 476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, [2020]
- Contents:
- Fleeing or embracing the Communists in the Chinese Civil War
- Reforming former nationalists
- Desperados and volunteers
- Chiang, Macarthur, Truman, and NSC-81/1
- Defectors and prisoners in the first three Chinese offensives
- Ridgway's turnaround, MacArthur's departure, and Taiwan's entry
- The fifth offensive debacle
- Civil war in POW camps
- The debate over prisoner repatriation in Washington, Panmunjom, and Taipei
- Screening : "voluntary repatriation" turns violent
- Gen. Dodd's kidnapping and Gen. Boatner's crackdown
- "Old China hands" on Koje and Cheju Islands
- The October 1 massacre on Cheju Island
- Exchanges and "explanation"
- Prisoner-agents of the 8240th unit
- Aftermath.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-458) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Chang, David Cheng, 1974- Hijacked war.
- ISBN:
- 9781503604605
- 1503604608
- OCLC:
- 1035769806
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