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Editors: Daniel Krebs and Lorien Foote
Reviewed by Dr. Michael E. Lynch, senior historian, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College
Published on April 7, 2023. A book of useful and thought-provoking essays, Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military History explores 300 years of wars and the role POWs have played in them. Reviewer Dr. Michael Lynch walks readers through more than half of the groups featured in the book.
Publication Date
4-7-2023
City
Carlisle, PA
Keywords
POW, prisoners of war, history, prisoner of war theory, conflict
Disciplines
Defense and Security Studies | Military and Veterans Studies | Policy History, Theory, and Methods
Recommended Citation
Michael E. Lynch,
Book Review: Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts (Carlisle, PA: US Army War College Press, 2023),
https://press.armywarcollege.edu/parameters_bookshelf/2
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