British Prisoners of the Korean War

Name: British Prisoners of the Korean War
Brand: Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press

British Prisoners of the Korean War [Hardcover] MacKenzie, S. P.\n\nProduct Overview\nDuring the Korean War nearly a thousand British servicemen, along with a\nhandful of British civilians, were captured by North Korean and Red Chinese\nforces. In various camps in the vicinity of Pyongyang and villages along the\nYalu River these men found themselves subjected to a prolonged effort by the\nenemy to undermine their allegiance to the Crown and enlist them in various\npropaganda campaigns directed against the UN war effort. British Prisoners of\nthe korean War is the first academic study to examine in detail exactly what\nhappened to the major groups of British military and civilian prisoners held\nin different locations at various junctures between 1950 and 1953. It explores\nthe extent to which factors such as exposure to the actions of the North\nKoreans as against the Red Chinese, evolving physical conditions, enemy re-\neducation efforts, communist attempts at blackmail, British at-