The Enemy in Our Hands: America's Treatment of Enemy Prisoners of War from the Revolution to the War on Terror

Revelations of abuse at Baghdad's Abu Ghraib prison and the U.S. detention camp at Guantánamo Bay had repercussions extending beyond the worldwide media scandal that ensued. The controversy surrounding photos and descriptions of inhumane treatment of enemy prisoners of war, or EPWs, from the war on terror marked a watershed moment in the study of modern warfare and the treatment of prisoners of war. Amid allegations of human rights violations and war crimes, one question stands out among the re

Author: Robert C. Doyle
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Published: 04/21/2010
Pages: 488
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.30w x 1.50d
ISBN: 9780813125893

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2010 pg. 90
Publishers Weekly 03/08/2010 pg. 45
Choice 09/01/2010
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2010 pg. 284

About the Author

Robert C. Doyle, professor of history at the Franciscan University of Steubenville, is the author of A Prisoner's Duty: Great Escapes in U.S. Military History and Voices from Captivity: Interpreting the American POW Narrative. He has been a history consultant on multiple films and documentaries, including Hart's War.

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