What They Stole: A Familicide Rooted in Intercountry Adoption by Paige Towers. Iowa State University Press, 350 pages. 2026. In late 1954 , after the end of the Korean War, an evangelical reverend working in East Asia returned to the United States and embarked on a cross-country tour to spread the word of God. More specifically, as a cofounder of the Christian humanitarian aid group World Vision, Bob Pierce wanted to raise awareness of the plight of multiracial Korean children fathered by American servicemen—referred to at the time as “Amerasian” or “GI” children—whom World Vision depicted in anticommunist propaganda materials as ostracized and especially vulnerable to starvation, homelessness, and death. According to World Vision, God wanted Christians to financially “sponsor” mixed-race Korean children, Save the Children-style. In attendance at Pierce’s December 1954 presentation in Eugene, Oregon, were Harry and Bertha Holt.…