The Last P.O.W.
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San Francisco, CA, USA : Plympton, 2014.
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eBook
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9781683600527
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1 online resource.
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English
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How did an 85-year old grandfather from Palo Alto, California end up a prisoner in North Korea? "The Last POW" is the true story of Merrill Newman, a retired Silicon Valley executive and Korean War veteran who was hauled off his plane at Pyongyang airport as he was about to return home at the end of a tourist trip in late 2013. For nearly two months, he was held by North Korea's fearsome security services, subjected to intensive interrogation, and repeatedly warned that if he did not confess his "crimes," he might never be allowed to return home. In visiting the North, Newman was returning for a final glimpse of the country where he served a half century earlier. Perhaps naively--and in sharp contrast to America's former enemies Japan, Germany, and Vietnam--he did not realize that for the North Koreans, the war had never ended. His role in 1953 as a U.S. military adviser to the "Kuwol Comrades"--anti-communist Korean guerrillas who fought behind North Korean lines--convinced a paranoid North Korean regime that despite his age, his heart condition, and the passage of time, Newman was a dangerous "enemy" agent.--Publisher description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Chinoy, M. (2014). The Last P.O.W. . Plympton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chinoy, Mike. 2014. The Last P.O.W.. Plympton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Chinoy, Mike. The Last P.O.W. Plympton, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Chinoy, Mike. The Last P.O.W. Plympton, 2014.
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