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Author:

Chang, David Cheng, 1974- author.

Title:

The hijacked war : the story of Chinese POWs in the Korean War / David Cheng Chang.

Publisher:

Stanford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

476 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Subject:

Civil War (China : 1945-1949)
Korean War (1950-1953)
Korean War, 1950-1953--Prisoners and prisons.
Korean War, 1950-1953--Personal narratives, Chinese.
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.
China--History--Civil War, 1945-1949.
Communists.
Diplomatic relations.
Nationalists.
Repatriation.
China.
Taiwan.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Personal narratives--Chinese.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 445-458) and index.

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.

ISBN:

1503604608
9781503604605

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1035769806

LCCN:

2018021585

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)