There's a book I want to read about Chinese POWs in the Korean War. Apparently, the US had a program of "reindoctrination" of POWs during that war (which is ironic, because they accused the otherside of doing this to explain the American defectors to the North, this is where the term "brainwashing" comes from). The indoctrination program was successful but also "backfired" when some 14,000 Chinese POWs refused to go back to China, insisting on going to Taiwan instead, which completely derailed peace talks between the two sides. I haven't read the book yet but I hear it's good.
They sent over a million volunteers including Mao’s own son who laid down his life to protect the revolution
There's a book I want to read about Chinese POWs in the Korean War. Apparently, the US had a program of "reindoctrination" of POWs during that war (which is ironic, because they accused the otherside of doing this to explain the American defectors to the North, this is where the term "brainwashing" comes from). The indoctrination program was successful but also "backfired" when some 14,000 Chinese POWs refused to go back to China, insisting on going to Taiwan instead, which completely derailed peace talks between the two sides. I haven't read the book yet but I hear it's good.