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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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.
Subjects:
Hỏa Lò Prison (Hanoi, Vietnam)
1900-1999
Prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.
Ex-prisoners of war > United States > History > 20th century.
Vietnam War, 1961-1975 > Protest movements > United States.
Ex-prisonniers de guerre > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Guerre du Viêt-nam, 1961-1975 > Contestation > États-Unis.
Ex-prisoners of war.
Prisoners of war.
Protest movements.
United States.
History.
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.

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