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Command influence : a story of Korea and the politics of injustice / Robert A. Shaines.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Denver, Colorado : Outskirts Press, c2010.Description: 380 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9781598000214
  • 9781432750688
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 23 951.9042 Sh14
Summary: Documents the story of George C. Schreiber, a twenty-five-year-old second lieutenant in charge of an Air Police guard unit in Pusan, Korea. A year earlier, in 1951, he had innocently been teaching fifth and sixth grade children in Brookfield, Illinois. A year later, he was convicted by a general court martial of premeditated murder. Robert Shaines was intimately involved in defending Schreiber against the charges brought against him. The subsequent injustices would ultimately involve the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the President and the Supreme Court of the United States
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Vol info Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Library, Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB) Window on Korea Non-fiction 951.9042 S526c (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 2010 01 Available WOK000080
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Documents the story of George C. Schreiber, a twenty-five-year-old second lieutenant in charge of an Air Police guard unit in Pusan, Korea. A year earlier, in 1951, he had innocently been teaching fifth and sixth grade children in Brookfield, Illinois. A year later, he was convicted by a general court martial of premeditated murder. Robert Shaines was intimately involved in defending Schreiber against the charges brought against him. The subsequent injustices would ultimately involve the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, the President and the Supreme Court of the United States