America's captives : treatment of POWs from the Revolutionary War to the War on Terror / Paul J. Springer.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Springer, Paul J., author.

Series:

• Modern war studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Prisoners of war--United States--History.
• Prisoners of war--Government policy--United States--History.
• United States--History, Military.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 278 p. :) ill., photographs ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2010]

Summary:

"In an age of unsettling revelations from Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay, scholars and the general public will be interested in the degree to which American policies and practices regarding war captives have been better or worse throughout American history. Springer presents a succinct, persuasive, and very readable answer to these questions."-Journal of Military History.

Contents:

• 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.

Notes:

• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-7006-2721-9

OCLC:

1132228749