NOTE TO THE READER

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. NOTE TO THE READER xi
4. 1 A PERFECT AMBUSH 1
5. 2 AN AMERICAN HERO ON A FOOL’S MISSION 9
6. 3 WHO I AM, WHERE I CAME FROM 28
7. 4 THE KOREAN WATERSHED The Cold War Begins for Downey and America 40
8. 5 THE MAKING OF A MISSION 55
9. 6 THE FLIGHT OVER CHINA 63
10. 7 INTERROGATION DAYS IN SHENYANG 68
11. 8 OF SOLDIERS AND SPIES 82
12. 9 A MAN IN A BOX 96
13. 10 THE LONG CONFESSION 103
14. 11 THE TRIAL 109
15. 12 B-29 CREW WERE RELEASED FROM CHINA 117
16. 13 THE CHINA I SAW, WITH AMERICA IN MY MIND 124
17. 14 “YOUR GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT YOU BACK” The Failure of U.S.-PRC Negotiations at Geneva 137
18. 15 PRISON LIFE 157
19. 16 CELLMATES 170
20. 17 KEEPERS AND COMRADES 177
21. 18 A PINHOLE VIEW ON A MASSIVE TRAGEDY 1958–1970 189
22. 19 FAMILY VISITS 202
23. 20 U.S.-PRC RAPPROCHEMENT AND JACK DOWNEY’S RELEASE 1968–1973 214
24. 21 COMING HOME 235
25. AFTERWORD 245
26. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 285
27. NOTES 289
28. INDEX 313