The first published investigation into whether US prisoners of war were left behind in Southeast Asia after the Vietnam war.
Civilian POW: Terror and Torture in South Vietnam
Civilian POW: Terror and Torture in South Vietnam Post Views: 610
The first published investigation into whether US prisoners of war were left behind in Southeast Asia after the Vietnam war.
Civilian POW: Terror and Torture in South Vietnam Post Views: 610
This is a superbly written biography about an American patriot and hero. Tortured beyond his ability to resist (as were many POWs), Richard A. Stratton was singled out for exploitation by the North Vietnamese, and paraded as a well-treated prisoner in multiple press conferences. Stratton retained the ability to embarrass
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