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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Main Authors: Wilber, Tom 1955- (Author), Lembcke, Jerry 1943- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Monthly Review Press [2021]
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Summary:"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"--
Physical Description:181 Seiten 1 Illustration 23 cm
ISBN:9781583679081
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