Mutiny on Koje Island / by Hal Vetter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vetter, Hal.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons--Fiction.

Korean War, 1950-1953.

Kŏje Island (Korea)--Fiction.

Kŏje Island (Korea).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (254 p.)

Place of Publication:

Rutland, Vermont : Charles E. Tuttle, 1965.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Summary:

This absolutely authentic, horrifying account of treachery, intrigue and ruthless brutality among 150,000 Communist POWs herded together on the small rugged island of Koje-do in Korea, tells of their holding the American commander as hostage and of their ultimate vicious mutiny, armed with thousands of improvised spears, gasoline grenades, and knives, and with countless barbed-wire flails.This is a now-it-can-be-told book that no American can read without becoming shocked and fighting mad. On the other hand no American can read the transcripts of the proceedings at Panmunjom without a deep fee

Contents:

Cover; Copyright; PREFACE; CONTENTS; PROLOGUE: Operation Honeybucket; CHAPTER ONE: At the Inn of the Wooden Door; CHAPTER TWO: The Face of the Enemy; CHAPTER THREE: Morning Calm & Rising Storm; CHAPTER FOUR: ...And Footfalls Lightly Planted; CHAPTER FIVE: Brainwashing-U.S. Style; CHAPTER SIX: A Study in Scarlet; CHAPTER SEVEN: One-Star Hostage; CHAPTER EIGHT: Generals Three; CHAPTER NINE: For Want of a Nail; CHAPTER TEN: Operation Breakup; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Sequel at Cheju-do & Pongam; CHAPTER TWELVE: Not with a Bang but a Whimper; NOTES ON THE TEXT; APPENDIX I; APPENDIX II; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 16, 2013).

ISBN:

1-4629-1323-7

OCLC:

874101309