The soldiers were denied emotional support from their captors, which ultimately killed them. The North Koreans used four primary tactics on the prisoners of war: informing, self-criticism, breaking loyalty to leadership and country, and withholding all positive emotional support. Informing was the first tactic the North Koreans used which simply meant they would reward the prisoners for snitching on one another. Ultimately, the captors knew this would break relationships and turn the soldiers against each other. The second tactic used was self-criticism. The captors would make the prisoners stand in front of a group, and confess all the bad things they had done. The captors would also make them say all of the good things they could have done, but failed to do. By doing this the caring, trust, respect, and social acceptance among the American soldiers complete disappeared. This created an environment where buckets of goodwill were continuously and heartlessly being drained. The third tactic used was breaking loyalty to leadership and country. The primary way they would do this was by slowly undermining the soldiers’ allegiance to his superiors which caused relationships to break. The fourth and final tactic used was withholding all positive emotional support. This tactic was ultimately bucket dipping in the worst way possible. The soldiers did not receive any positive reinforcement, only
The soldiers were denied emotional support from their captors, which ultimately killed them. The North Koreans used four primary tactics on the prisoners of war: informing, self-criticism, breaking loyalty to leadership and country, and withholding all positive emotional support. Informing was the first tactic the North Koreans used which simply meant they would reward the prisoners for snitching on one another. Ultimately, the captors knew this would break relationships and turn the soldiers against each other. The second tactic used was self-criticism. The captors would make the prisoners stand in front of a group, and confess all the bad things they had done. The captors would also make them say all of the good things they could have done, but failed to do. By doing this the caring, trust, respect, and social acceptance among the American soldiers complete disappeared. This created an environment where buckets of goodwill were continuously and heartlessly being drained. The third tactic used was breaking loyalty to leadership and country. The primary way they would do this was by slowly undermining the soldiers’ allegiance to his superiors which caused relationships to break. The fourth and final tactic used was withholding all positive emotional support. This tactic was ultimately bucket dipping in the worst way possible. The soldiers did not receive any positive reinforcement, only