No Mercy, No Leniency

This is a documentary account of the treatment of British prisoners-of-war in Korea. The author was in charge of debriefing POWs for A19 - the MOD Prisoner of War Intelliegnce Organisation. The North Koreans and Communist Chinese were not part of the Geneva Convention and basically believed anything short of killling prisoners was 'lenient'. This led to torture and deprivation. But Government agencies were particularly interested as this was the first time troops had been subject to political indoctrination. Some prisoners - including my father Corporal Frank Upjohn - resisted these attempts at brain-washing and were singled out for particularly brutal treatment. The book is factual and readable - and perhaps has more resonance in this modern age of Guantanemo Bay and rendition.