Lost in the Cold War The Story of Jack Downey, America's Longest-Held POW |
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| Author:
| Downey, John T.
Christensen, Thomas
Downey, Jack |
| Series title: | A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-East Asian Relations Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-19912-4 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2022 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $27.95 |
Book Description:
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In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer, was shot down over Manchuria. He was captured by the Chinese and held for the next twenty years. Lost in the Cold War is the never-before-told story of Downey's decades as a prisoner of war and the efforts to bring him home.
In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer, was shot down over Manchuria. He was captured by the Chinese and held for the next twenty years. Lost in the Cold War is the never-before-told story of Downey's decades as a prisoner of war and the efforts to bring him home.