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Voices from Captivity: Interpreting the American POW Narrative

Popularized by books and films like Andersonville, The Great Escape, and The Hanoi Hilton, and recounted in innumerable postwar memoirs, the POW story holds a special place in American culture. Robert Doyle’s remarkable study shows why it has retained such enormous power to move and instruct us. Long after wartime, memories of captivity

M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America: How and why belief in live POWs has possessed a nation

Almost two decades after the Vietnam War, most Americans remain convinced that U.S. prisoners are still being held captive in Southeast Asia, and many even accuse the government of concealing their existence. But as H. Bruce Franklin demonstrates in his startling investigation, there is no plausible basis for the belief

P.O.W. Two Years with the Vietcong

George Smith spent two years as a POW moving from camp to camp in the middle of the jungle. Impressed from the beginning by Vietcong military proficiency, he slowly overcame his Green Beret “arrogance” and learned to see the VC as people-warm, just, humane, sincere and so highly motivated that

Prisoners of Hope: Exploiting the POW/MIA Myth in America

A journalist presents an eye-opening expose+a7 of the exploitation of the families of soldiers missing in Vietnam, revealing how the U.S. government has mismanaged the issue, the individuals who prey on MIA families, and the tragic impact of such activities. Views: 999

CAG: The Naval Aviation Career of Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale (1949-1965) In His Own Words

Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale is best remembered for his tremendous courage and outstanding leadership during the seven plus years he was the senior military officer held captive in the Hanoi Hilton during the Vietnam War. For his actions he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor in 1976 and

Other Books You Might Be Interested In

Voices from Captivity: Interpreting the American POW Narrative

M.I.A. or Mythmaking in America: How and why belief in live POWs has possessed a nation

P.O.W. Two Years with the Vietcong

Prisoners of Hope: Exploiting the POW/MIA Myth in America

CAG: The Naval Aviation Career of Vice Admiral James B. Stockdale (1949-1965) In His Own Words

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