Civilian POW: Terror and Torture in South Vietnam
Civilian POW: Terror and Torture in South Vietnam
Over 200 medal of Honor recipients, ex-POWs, and leaders in the military, political, and religious arenas share their core beliefs about leadership, success, & significance. It includes men whose names are household words and those who have been faced with life and death situations. This book clearly demonstrates that positive
Gruner, a U.S. Army special forces officer, presents a critical interpretation of the portrayal of Vietnam War prisoners of war in the American media and within the culture as a whole. Early on he demonstrates a reasonably convincing knowledge of the several POW autobiographies available, but his work begins to
Set against the backdrop of the U.S. civil rights and peace movements, Forest of Darkness chronicles the harrowing story of American Special Forces Staff Sergeant James E. Jackson, who was on this third tour as a CIDG advisor when he was captured in July of 1966 and held for 16 months in
In 1967, U.S. Air Force fighter pilot James Shively was shot down over North Vietnam. After ejecting from his F-105 Thunderchief aircraft, he landed in a rice paddy and was captured by the North Vietnamese Army. For the next six years, Shively endured brutal treatment at the hands of the