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Dissenting POWs From Vietnam's Hoa lo Prison to America Today.

"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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wilber, Tom
Other Authors: Lembcke, Jerry, 1943-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Monthly Review Press, 2021.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Forgotten Voices from Hoa Lo Prison: Dissent in the Hero-Prisoner Story
  • Profiles of Dissent: Senior Officers
  • Profiles of Dissent: "The Peace Committee" of Enlisted POWs
  • The Manchurian Candidate Stalks the Homeland: Hollywood Scripts the POW Narrative
  • Damaged, Duped, and Left Behind: Displacing POW Dissent
  • A Captive Nation: POWs as Grist for the American Myth
  • The Heritage of Conscience: From the American War in Vietnam to America Today.