An edition of Until the last man comes home: POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War
(2009)
Until the last man comes home
POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War
by Michael J. Allen
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Despite their small numbers, American POWs and MIAs inspired an outpouring of concern that slowly eroded support for the war. Bringing exhaustive archival research to an arena where Americans consistently struggled over the causes and consequences of their nation's defeat in Vietnam - the recovery of lost warriors - Michael J. Allen reveals how wartime loss transformed US politics well before, and long after, the war's official end.
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975, United States, Politics and government, Relations, Prisoners of war, North Vietnamese Prisoners and prisons, Political activists, Influence, Political aspects of Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Vietnam, Political aspects, Missing in action, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, prisoners and prisons, Vietnam war, 1961-1975, missing in action, United states, politics and government, 1989-, Asia, foreign relations, United states, politics and government, 1945-1989, United states, relations, foreign countriesPlaces
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Until the last man comes home: POWs, MIAs, and the unending Vietnam War
2009, University of North Carolina Press
in English
0807832618 9780807832615
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Introduction: The politics of loss
Go public : the construction of loss
For us the war still goes on : the limits of homecoming
As it has in the past : a short history of oblivion
Fullest possible accounting : the persistence of the past
The wilderness years : life after death
Highest national priority : resurrection and retribution
Not to close the door, but to open it : the ambiguity of recovery
Conclusion: This thing has consumed American politics for years.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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