Berman, Larry, and Jason Newman. "The Vietnam War and Its Impact." Encyclopedia of American Foreign Policy. Ed. Richard Dean Burns, Alexander DeConde, and Fredrik Logevall. 2nd ed. Vol. 3. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2002. 597-616. World History in Context. Web. 10 June 2015.
"John McCain." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 1998. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are the first hand experiences that John McCain has encountered when he was in a Prison Camp. John McCain’s plane was shot down flying over Hanio, Vietnam. When the Vietnamese soldiers captured him they beat him and gave him no medical attention. However, after the Vietnamese learned of his fathers high status they offered to release him. But McCain followed the US prisoner of war code of conduct which says prisoners should only be released in the order they were captured.
This is a useful source because it is based on the first hand experiences that John McCain experienced. So this will provide credible information because he was there to witness it. The purpose of this is to tell about McCain's experiences in the prison camps. The goal is to tell how bad the conditions in the camps were because there was a lot of torture. Also it shows how the Vietnamese soldiers did not care about the health of the Americans because they were not given medical attention.
This document will be useful explaining how the US soldiers were mistreated by being tortured and neglected. Also this will help further explain how the US code of conduct was followed by the American prisoners. This document shapes my argument by showing that the American soldiers were treated terribly in the prison camps. After reading this document, I gained more respect for American soldiers because they had to deal with a lot of abuse in the camps and they still did not give up secrets.
Miles, Donna. "United States Department of Defense." Defense.gov News Article: Code of Conduct: Guide to Keeping the Faith. N.p., 27 Apr. 1999. Web. 28 May 2015.
"prisoners of war (POWs)." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of The Vietnam War. Jeff T. Hay. Ed. Charles Zappia. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. 235-236. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are that American servicemen were treated terribly in Prisoner of War camps throughout the Vietnam War. American servicemen were isolated, tortured to give up information for the war, and were not given proper medical treatment. Also, this article talks about how mentally strong and disciplined the American servicemen were. American servicemen created ways of communicating by blinking, tapping, and even by sweeping. Also they were able to get through the solitary confinement by mentally creating a house inside their cell.
This source is useful because it talks about the conditions that the American servicemen had to live with. Also it talks about how tough they had to be to survive their time in the camps. However, this source is not as helpful as some of my other sources. In some of my other sources, they go into more depth about the conditions that the Americans had to suffer through. This information is reliable because it came from an encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. The source is reliable because it is not biased either. It is not biased because it does not favor one side over the other, it just tells the facts about what happened. The goal of this source is to provide a brief overview about Prisoner of War camps.
For the final project, the information from this source will be used to talk about the conditions of the camps. The information from this source is very broad so information from other sources will be needed to provide a strong argument. Another thing that can be done with the information is use it in the introduction since it is so broad, it can provide a brief overview of the camps
"Prisoners of War." Violence in America. Ed. Ronald Gottesman and Richard Maxwell Brown. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are that American soldiers were given terrible conditions to live in. American soldiers were given bad quality food, no medical treatment, and the threat of execution. This document also talks about the “Code of Conduct” that the soldiers were expected to follow if the were captured. Another aspect of this source is it explains the challenges that the the Prisoners of War had when they were put back into American society.
This source is very useful because it talks about the conditions the prisoners had to live in in detail. This source also talks about how the soldiers were ordered to act in the camps by the US. Another way this source is useful is because it talks about the hardships the had when they were released from the camps. This is a reliable source because it is not biased. It is not biased because it talks about both the US prisoner of war camps and the ones in Vietnam. The goal of this source is to share how the US soldiers were affected by prison of war camps.
This source will be used to explain how the prisoners were treated in the camps as well as to explain how the prisoners had a difficult time fitting into American society. This source will be helpful because it will help explain the conditions of the camps in more detail. Also this document will provide information to talk about how the soldiers were told not to give up information even if they were tortured. This document made me think that American soldiers were treated even worse because of their experiences, that got PTSD.
"Stockdale, James." Vietnam War Reference Library. Vol. 4: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2001. 179-196. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are the experiences of James Stockdale during his time in prison camps. This document also provides an overview of common experiences of American soldiers in the prison camps. Another aspect of this document include an explanation of the soldiers that went missing in action (MIA). The purpose of this document is to share how prisoners of war were treated in the camps. The prisoners were given poor food, shelter, and were tortured regularly. Another purpose is to share Stockdale's experiences in the prison camps.
This is a useful source because John Stockdale shares his experiences of the camps. This is also credible because he was witnessing the events that happened. The purpose of this document is to share Stockdale's experiences and how he was mistreated during his time in the camps. Another purpose of this document is to show how the American soldiers were neglected while they were in the camps.
This document will be useful explaining how American soldiers, James Stockdale in particular, were treated in the prison camps. They were abused, starved, and were even forced to deal with life threatening diseases and infections without medical treatment. Also, this will be helpful to explain how families of American soldiers in prison camps were affected by MIA’s. When Americans were captured, they were commonly listed as missing in action or dead when they were actually in prison camps.
Toman, Jiri. "Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of War." Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 390-394. World History in Context. Web. 10 June 2015.
"Torture." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 391-394. World History in Context. Web. 10 June 2015.
"John McCain." Newsmakers. Detroit: Gale, 1998. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are the first hand experiences that John McCain has encountered when he was in a Prison Camp. John McCain’s plane was shot down flying over Hanio, Vietnam. When the Vietnamese soldiers captured him they beat him and gave him no medical attention. However, after the Vietnamese learned of his fathers high status they offered to release him. But McCain followed the US prisoner of war code of conduct which says prisoners should only be released in the order they were captured.
This is a useful source because it is based on the first hand experiences that John McCain experienced. So this will provide credible information because he was there to witness it. The purpose of this is to tell about McCain's experiences in the prison camps. The goal is to tell how bad the conditions in the camps were because there was a lot of torture. Also it shows how the Vietnamese soldiers did not care about the health of the Americans because they were not given medical attention.
This document will be useful explaining how the US soldiers were mistreated by being tortured and neglected. Also this will help further explain how the US code of conduct was followed by the American prisoners. This document shapes my argument by showing that the American soldiers were treated terribly in the prison camps. After reading this document, I gained more respect for American soldiers because they had to deal with a lot of abuse in the camps and they still did not give up secrets.
Miles, Donna. "United States Department of Defense." Defense.gov News Article: Code of Conduct: Guide to Keeping the Faith. N.p., 27 Apr. 1999. Web. 28 May 2015.
"prisoners of war (POWs)." The Greenhaven Encyclopedia of The Vietnam War. Jeff T. Hay. Ed. Charles Zappia. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 2004. 235-236. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are that American servicemen were treated terribly in Prisoner of War camps throughout the Vietnam War. American servicemen were isolated, tortured to give up information for the war, and were not given proper medical treatment. Also, this article talks about how mentally strong and disciplined the American servicemen were. American servicemen created ways of communicating by blinking, tapping, and even by sweeping. Also they were able to get through the solitary confinement by mentally creating a house inside their cell.
This source is useful because it talks about the conditions that the American servicemen had to live with. Also it talks about how tough they had to be to survive their time in the camps. However, this source is not as helpful as some of my other sources. In some of my other sources, they go into more depth about the conditions that the Americans had to suffer through. This information is reliable because it came from an encyclopedia of the Vietnam War. The source is reliable because it is not biased either. It is not biased because it does not favor one side over the other, it just tells the facts about what happened. The goal of this source is to provide a brief overview about Prisoner of War camps.
For the final project, the information from this source will be used to talk about the conditions of the camps. The information from this source is very broad so information from other sources will be needed to provide a strong argument. Another thing that can be done with the information is use it in the introduction since it is so broad, it can provide a brief overview of the camps
"Prisoners of War." Violence in America. Ed. Ronald Gottesman and Richard Maxwell Brown. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are that American soldiers were given terrible conditions to live in. American soldiers were given bad quality food, no medical treatment, and the threat of execution. This document also talks about the “Code of Conduct” that the soldiers were expected to follow if the were captured. Another aspect of this source is it explains the challenges that the the Prisoners of War had when they were put back into American society.
This source is very useful because it talks about the conditions the prisoners had to live in in detail. This source also talks about how the soldiers were ordered to act in the camps by the US. Another way this source is useful is because it talks about the hardships the had when they were released from the camps. This is a reliable source because it is not biased. It is not biased because it talks about both the US prisoner of war camps and the ones in Vietnam. The goal of this source is to share how the US soldiers were affected by prison of war camps.
This source will be used to explain how the prisoners were treated in the camps as well as to explain how the prisoners had a difficult time fitting into American society. This source will be helpful because it will help explain the conditions of the camps in more detail. Also this document will provide information to talk about how the soldiers were told not to give up information even if they were tortured. This document made me think that American soldiers were treated even worse because of their experiences, that got PTSD.
"Stockdale, James." Vietnam War Reference Library. Vol. 4: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2001. 179-196. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 May 2015.
The main arguments of this document are the experiences of James Stockdale during his time in prison camps. This document also provides an overview of common experiences of American soldiers in the prison camps. Another aspect of this document include an explanation of the soldiers that went missing in action (MIA). The purpose of this document is to share how prisoners of war were treated in the camps. The prisoners were given poor food, shelter, and were tortured regularly. Another purpose is to share Stockdale's experiences in the prison camps.
This is a useful source because John Stockdale shares his experiences of the camps. This is also credible because he was witnessing the events that happened. The purpose of this document is to share Stockdale's experiences and how he was mistreated during his time in the camps. Another purpose of this document is to show how the American soldiers were neglected while they were in the camps.
This document will be useful explaining how American soldiers, James Stockdale in particular, were treated in the prison camps. They were abused, starved, and were even forced to deal with life threatening diseases and infections without medical treatment. Also, this will be helpful to explain how families of American soldiers in prison camps were affected by MIA’s. When Americans were captured, they were commonly listed as missing in action or dead when they were actually in prison camps.
Toman, Jiri. "Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of War." Encyclopedia of Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity. Ed. Dinah L. Shelton. Vol. 1. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 390-394. World History in Context. Web. 10 June 2015.
"Torture." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. Ed. William A. Darity, Jr. 2nd ed. Vol. 8. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2008. 391-394. World History in Context. Web. 10 June 2015.