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April 7, 2023

Book Review: Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts

Book Review: Useful Captives: The Role of POWs in American Military Conflicts

Military History |

 

Edited by Daniel Krebs and Lorien Foote 

| Reviewed by Dr. Michael E. Lynch, senior historian, Strategic Studies Institute, US Army War College | 

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.

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Keywords: POW, prisoners of war, history, prisoner of war theory, conflict