Dissenting POWs : From Vietnam's Hoa Lo Prison to America Today /

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"Looking into the underlying factional divide between pro-war "hardliners" and anti-war "dissidents" among the POWs, authors Wilber and Lembcke delve into the postwar American culture that created the myths of the Hero-POW and the dissidents blamed for the loss of the war. W...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Wilber, Tom, 1955- (Autor), Lembcke, Jerry, 1943- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2021.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Hỏa Lò Prison (Hanoi, Vietnam)
Protest movements.
Prisoners of war.
Ex-prisoners of war.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
Ex-prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Prisoners and prisons.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:"Looking into the underlying factional divide between pro-war "hardliners" and anti-war "dissidents" among the POWs, authors Wilber and Lembcke delve into the postwar American culture that created the myths of the Hero-POW and the dissidents blamed for the loss of the war. What they found was that it was the class backgrounds of the captives and their pre-captive experience that drew the lines. After the war, the hardcore hero-holdouts, like John McCain, moved on to careers in politics and business, while the dissidents faded from view as the antiwar movement, that might otherwise have championed them, disbanded"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource.
ISBN:9781583679111

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