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1 online resource : illustrations. |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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A Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen Book on American-East Asian Relations
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Nancy Bernkopf Tucker and Warren I. Cohen books on American-East Asian relations.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"In 1952, John T. "Jack" Downey, a twenty-three-year-old CIA officer from Connecticut, was shot down over Manchuria during the Korean War. The pilots died in the crash, but Downey and his partner Richard "Dick" Fecteau were captured by the Chinese. For the next twenty years, they were tortured, put through show trials, held in solitary confinement, placed in reeducation camps, and toured around China as political pawns. Other prisoners of war came and went, but Downey and Fecteau's release hinged on the United States acknowledging their status as CIA assets. Not until Nixon's visit to China did Sino-American relations thaw enough to secure Fecteau's release in 1971 and Downey's in 1973. 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. Downey's lively and gripping memoir-written in secret late in life-interweaves horrors and deprivation with humor and the absurdities of captivity. He recounts his prison experiences: fearful interrogations, pantomime communications with his guards, a 3,000-page overstuffed confession designed to confuse his captors, and posing for "show" photographs for propaganda purposes. Through the eyes of his captors and during his tours around China, Downey watched the Great Leap Forward, the Cultural Revolution, and the drastic transformations of the Mao era. In interspersed chapters, Thomas J. Christensen, an expert on Sino-American relations, explores the international politics of the Cold War and tells the story of how Downey and Fecteau's families, the CIA, the U.S. State Department, and successive presidential administrations worked to secure their release"-- Provided by publisher |
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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Note to the Reader -- 1. A Perfect Ambush -- 2. An American Hero on a Fool's Mission -- 3. Who I Am, Where I Came From -- 4. The Korean Watershed: The Cold War Begins for Downey and America -- 5. The Making of a Mission -- 6. The Flight Over China -- 7. Interrogation Days in Shenyang -- 8. Of Soldiers and Spies -- 9. A Man in a Box -- 10. The Long Confession -- 11. The Trial -- 12. B-29 Crew Were Released from China -- 13. The China I Saw, with America in My Mind -- 14. "Your Government Does Not Want You Back": The Failure of U.S.-PRC Negotiations at Geneva |
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15. Prison Life -- 16. Cellmates -- 17. Keepers and Comrades -- 18. A Pinhole View on a Massive Tragedy: 1958-1970 -- 19. Family Visits -- 20. U.S.-PRC Rapprochement and Jack Downey's Release: 1968-1973 -- 21. Coming Home -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index |
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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 |
| Local Note |
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Downey, John T., 1930-2014.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Officials and employees -- Biography.
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United States. Central Intelligence Agency. |
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Biographies.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Secret service -- United States.
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Korean War, 1950-1953 -- Prisoners and prisons, Chinese.
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Korean War (1950-1953) |
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Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.
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Prisoners of war. |
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United States. |
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Prisoners of war -- China -- Biography.
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China. |
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Korean War, 1950-1956 -- Military intelligence -- United States.
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New Haven County (Conn.) -- Biography.
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Cold War.
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Cold War (1945-1989) |
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Military. |
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Employees. |
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Secret service. |
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Connecticut -- New Haven County. |
| Chronological Term |
1950-1953 |
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Autobiographies.
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Autobiographies.
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Biographies.
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Christensen, Thomas J., 1962- author.
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Downey, Jack Lee, author.
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Christensen, Thomas.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Downey, John T., 1930-2014. Lost in the Cold War. New York : Columbia University Press, [2022] 9780231199124 (DLC) 2021060329 (OCoLC)1286313194 |
| ISBN |
9780231552950 electronic book |
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0231552955 electronic book |
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9780231199124 hardcover |
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0231199120 hardcover |
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