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Useful captives : the role of POWs in American military conflicts /

Military history often focuses on heroes, soldiers of high and low ranks who took decisive action, won wars and decided battles. Prisoners of war, however, do not always fit this heroic narrative. They did not win on the battlefield and, especially in the eyes of a nationalistic audience in the nine...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Krebs, Daniel (Editor), Foote, Lorien, 1969- (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lawrence : University Press of Kansas, [2021]
Series:	Modern war studies.
Subjects:	Prisoners of war > United States > History. United States > History, Military > Case studies.

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